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Trump Criticizes Frigate Cost Increases

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Trump Criticizes Frigate Cost Increases
Figure 1: Selected FFG-62 Mission Systems from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report “Navy Frigate: Unstable Design Has Stalled Construction and Compromised Delivery Schedules,” released May 2024. (Image: GAO)

In a recent interview, President-Elect Trump criticized problems in the Navy’s Constellation-class frigate program, attributing design change issues to the Biden administration. According to a transcript of the interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump obliquely referred to the Constellation-class frigate program as going well until DoD officials changed the design. “You know, in Wisconsin, I gave out a great contract for essentially destroyers. Beautiful, they were beautiful. I even had something to do. I’m a person that believes…

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