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Navy’s Frigate Program Starts Preliminary Design Phase

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

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Navy’s Frigate Program Starts Preliminary Design Phase

The Navy is making progress on the mine hunting system that will be deployed on Littoral Combat Ships. Photo: U.S. Navy

The Navy’s frigate program has entered into the preliminary design phase, bringing the service one step closer to buying 20 upgunned Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) with improved survivability.“We now have design baselines, and we’re going to enter into preliminary design,” Capt. Dan Brintzinghoffer, the Navy’s frigate program manager, said during a Thursday speech to the American Society of Naval Engineers. “The output of the preliminary design phase will be contract level design information so that the companies who would then…

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