July 3, 2020
Meet the U.S. Navy’s Newest Killer Frigate: The FFG(X)
This Italian-designed frigate will be America’s workhorse for decades to come.
by Caleb Larson
The Navy awarded the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri a $795 million contract to design and build the Navy’s newest ship.
Though the FFG(X)’s exact specifications have not yet been determined, the FFG(X) is a guided-missile frigate with an area-defense anti-air warfare system. The FFG(X) is designed to be more capable than both the Independence- and Freedom-classes that make up the Littoral Combat Ship program. Both classes have suffered numerous breakdown and cost overruns, and despite the massive amount of spending sunk into the LCS program, both classes have been deemed unsurvivable in a high-end fight against a peer or near-peer adversary.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet-us-navy%E2%80%99s-newest-killer-frigate-ffgx-163991
