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Navy Pushes Back Frigate Schedule To Avoid LCS Issues

Tuesday, February 11th, 2020

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Navy Pushes Back Frigate Schedule To Avoid LCS Issues

Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s winning offering for the U.S. Navy’s FFG(X) Future Frigate program, based on the FREMM frigate built for the French and Italian navies. (Graphic: Fincantieri Marinette Marine)

The Navy’s FY 2021 budget request pushed back the new guided-missile frigate, FFG(X), schedule to avoid moving too fast as was the case for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), a Navy official said Monday. The service’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget request outlines the frigate’s expected contract award, start of construction, and delivery date schedule through FFG-10. Last year, the Navy planned to buy one in FY 2020, then two per year from FY ’21-25. Instead, now the Navy plans…

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