Sign In
Search
Navy/USMC

SecNav Says Navy Will Build More Frigates, Floats It For Allied Sales, Boosts Light Carrier Idea

Rich Abott By
SHARE:
SecNav Says Navy Will Build More Frigates, Floats It For Allied Sales, Boosts Light Carrier Idea
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)

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite on Wednesday confirmed the service plans to procure more than 20 new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigates, suggested selling the hull to allied states akin to the F-35, and explained how a new light carrier could be useful. The Navy has been planning to purchase a total of 20 Constellation-class frigates, but “we’ll build more than that,” Braithwaite said during a U.S. Navy Memorial SITREP speaker series event. The secretary, in part, fleshed out some details…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Navy/USMC

TOTE Sees New Marine Corps Landing Ship As A Three Yard Solution, Sure Bollinger and Fincantieri Will Get More Orders

Navy/USMC

Navy Establishes Drone DRPM And Replaces PAE RAS

Navy/USMC

Construction Manager For New Marine Corps LSMs Sees Them As Test Case For VCM Model

Navy/USMC

HII Nabs $25 Billion Of New Submarine Contract

Trending

Army Launches Effort To Speed Up Industry’s Access To Test Ranges
Defense Watch: CSO Schiess, SSGNs, Golden Dome Sats, Big DHS C-UAS Award
Kratos Views Engines For Low-Cost Cruise Missiles As Growth Area
First Battleship Could Cost Over $23 Billion And Start Later Than Planned, CBO Says
APG-85 Radar in LRIP, Northrop Grumman Says; F-35 Program Declines Comment

Congress Updates

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael Harrison – SANS Institute

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume