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Navy Official Says Frigate Design Expected This Summer, Confirms Service Still Needs Sixth-Gen Fighter

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Navy Official Says Frigate Design Expected This Summer, Confirms Service Still Needs Sixth-Gen Fighter
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).

A top Navy official Thursday provided lawmakers with updated figures on Constellation-class frigate design progress following significant delays and confirmed the service is still looking into ultimately procuring a new sixth-generation fighter and provided updated figures. During a House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Force subcommittee hearing, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition Brett Seidle said Secretary of the Navy John Phelan visited the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis., last week while Seidle…

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