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The Constellation-class, the U.S. Navy's latest guided-missile frigate, is under construction, aiming to enhance multi-mission capabilities with a design based on the European FREMM.

In April 2009 Bath and Ingalls agreed to the Navy's surface combatant plans, thus heralding a significant restructuring within the American naval shipbuilding community. Under the agreements, the USA would end production at 3 Graf Spee sized

Austal Team Trimaran LCS Design (click to enlarge)Exploit simplicity, numbers, the pace of technology development in electronics and robotics, and fast reconfiguration. That was the US Navy's idea for the low-end backbone of its future surface combatant fleet. Inspired by successful

The Department of the Navy’s first long-range shipbuilding plan in three years proposes multiple fleet procurement schemes for the Navy and forecasts the service decommissioning two Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships in the coming years, according to the document. The Fiscal Year 2023 30-year shipbuilding plan, obtained by USNI News, shows the Navy decommissioning two Independence-class […]

US-based tech company Parker Hannifin Corporation has been chosen to provide filtration systems for US Navy and Italian Navy frigates.