Navy Squeezing Costs Out of FFG(X) Program as Requirements Solidify
By: Sam LaGrone
January 22, 2019 7:05 PM • Updated: January 23, 2019 6:15 AM
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy says it may have squeezed out about $150 million per hull in savings as the service closes in on final requirements for a planned class of next-generation frigates (FFG(X)), program officials said last week.
After raising eyebrows in Congress last year with an upper-end cost of about $950 million per hull for the second ship and beyond, the Navy is now saying that figure could be closer to $800 million.
“That $950 (million) was the threshold; $800 million is the objective,†frigate program manager with Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants Regan Campbell said on Thursday at the Surface Navy
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