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LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. -- The U.S. Navy expects to issue a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its Future Frigate in the middle of fiscal year 2017 and a final RFP in late FY 2017, a program official said Nov. 16.The frigate is being designed now and will be a “takeoff” of the two existing variants of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), said Nidak Sumrean, executive director of the LCS program executive office.“Essentially, what we’re doing is using the same…
