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Navy Officials Validate FFG(X) Requirements

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

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Navy Officials Validate FFG(X) Requirements

The Independence-variant USS Manchester (LCS-14) littoral combat ship completing acceptance trials in Dec. 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy courtesy of Austal USA).

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson and the service’s top acquisition official recently validated the future frigate’s, FFG(X), requirements and said the process is proceeding as scheduled.This validation comes after the Navy highlights its interaction with industry leading up to requirements finalization for the frigate, seeking to avoid problems and delays in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The LCS and FFG(X) will count as the Navy’s small surface combatants toward its goal of a 355-ship fleet.Vice Adm. William…

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