The Navy wants the first of the FF(X) frigates to be built by 2028—a full year before the first of the Constellation class, ...

The Navy’s abrupt pivot from the troubled Constellation class to a new FF(X) “super frigate” has created a rare mix of urgency and opportunity in American shipbuilding. The service is promising a ...

The U.S. Navy has decided to step back from its Constellation-class frigate program in favor of faster-to-build vessels and a new, American-designed frigate. That means the cancellation of four ...

The Navy awarded a $283M contract to accelerate a new FF(X) frigate, replacing the delayed Constellation-class program and ...

The Navy still needs new frigates, and is still intent on building them. But it must make basic changes to its acquisition process to avoid a second Constellation fiasco. The Constellation class was ...

Less than a month after killing the bulk of the Constellation-class frigate program, the Navy announced late Thursday plans to build a replacement “FF(X) frigate” based on a Coast Guard cutter already ...

The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social ...

The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...