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Navy Picks HII To Build New Small Surface Combatants Based On National Security Cutter

Navy Picks HII To Build New Small Surface Combatants Based On National Security Cutter
National Security Cutter James. Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries

Navy leadership last Friday said it has selected HII [HII] to design and build a new class of small surface combatants (SSC) based on the company’s design and construction base for the Coast Guard’s Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC) fleet. The first new multi-mission frigate, dubbed FF(X), is to have an initial trial run in 2028, Navy Secretary John Phelan said in a video he posted on the social media platform “X” Dec. 19. Use of the Legend-class design for…

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