All You Need to Know About the Navy's Next Generation Frigate - Constellation Class

Anticipating naval battles with China and Russia, the US Navy rapidly advanced the procurement process for its next generation Constellation Class Frigate ffg(x). In this video I discuss the Constellation Class Frigate (future frigate). I also answer the question "What is the difference between a Destroyer vs Frigate?" The Constellation class is highly capable and relatively inexpensive and comes in the wake of the Littoral Combat Ship Failure. I also compare the size of the world's navies and answer the question of who has the world's largest navy. As a USA vs China arms buildup continues to simmer and developments like the Chinese buildup in the South China Sea lead to questions of if China will Attack Taiwan the importance of a ship like the Constellation Class becomes evident as the Constellation Class will provide over the horizon anti ship capabilities, anti air capabilities, and anti submarine capabilities.

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The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and wants to procure a total of 20 FFG-62s. Congress funded the first FFG-62 in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion) and the second in FY2021 at a cost of $1,053.1 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion). The Navy’s proposed FY2022 budget requests $1,087.9 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion) for the procurement of the third FFG-62, and $69.1 million in advance procurement (AP) funding for the fourth and fifth FFG-62s, which are programmed for procurement in one or more future fiscal years.

Four industry teams competed for the FFG-62 program. On April 30, 2020, the Navy announced that it had awarded the FFG-62 contract to the team led by Fincantieri/Marinette Marine (F/MM) of Marinette, WI. F/MM was awarded a fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract for Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) for up to 10 ships in the program—the lead ship plus nine option ships. The other three industry teams reportedly competing for the program were led by Austal USA of Mobile, AL; General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works (GD/BIW) of Bath, ME; and Huntington Ingalls Industries/Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII/Ingalls) of Pascagoula, MS.

As part of its action on the Navy’s FY2020 and FY2021 budgets, Congress has passed provisions relating to U.S. content requirements for certain components of each FFG-62 class ship, as well as a provision requiring the Navy to conduct a land-based test program for the FFG-62’s engineering plant (i.e., its propulsion plant and associated machinery).

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/13/report-to-congress-on-constellation-class-frigate-program-ffg-62-5

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