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Navy FY ‘25 Budget Confirms First Frigate Delayed Over A Year To Late 2027

Friday, March 15th, 2024

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Navy FY ‘25 Budget Confirms First Frigate Delayed Over A Year To Late 2027

Rendering of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s USS Constellation (FFG-62) guided-missile frigate. (Image: Naval Sea Systems Command briefing slide at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space Expo from 2021).

The Navy’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 shipbuilding request documents confirm delivery of the service’s first new Constellation-class frigate will be delayed over a year from last year’s forecast. The documents expect the future USS Constellation (FFG-62) will be delivered in December 2027, over a year later than expected in the FY ‘24 budget request of September 2026. This is also later than delays mentioned in the annual FY 2023 report from the office of the Director of Operational Test &…

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