The announcement comes just over a week after Phelan canceled the U.S. Constellation-class frigate program, which was years ...

However, the US Navy still has a requirement for 73 small surface combatants. It is reportedly in the middle of a fleet design review to assess how the service will develop these—but given the ...

Continuing work on the first two ships, plus indemnities agreed with the U.S. government, would be worth $3 billion, sources in Italy said.

Navy Secretary John Phelan said the move would enable the service to build other classes of ships faster. The Constellation-class has been facing delivery delays, design problems, and rising costs.

The Constellation-class frigate program appears dead in the water. Of the six warships on the books, four are now nixed. Why ...

Fincantieri and the U.S. Navy have reached an agreement to redefine the future of the Constellation-class frigate program, ensuring work continues on the first two ships while cancelling four later ...

The USN terminated work on four Constellation-class frigates, shown here in a rendering. (US Navy) The US Navy (USN) is making a “strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate programme”, ...

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