{"id":16217,"date":"2018-02-16T22:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T22:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/16\/navy-awards-design-contracts-for-for-future-frigate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:30:42","slug":"navy-awards-design-contracts-for-for-future-frigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/breaking-news\/2018\/02\/16\/navy-awards-design-contracts-for-for-future-frigate\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy awards design contracts for future frigate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014The Navy has awarded $15 million contracts to five companies for conceptual designs for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2017\/07\/10\/frigate-competition-wide-open-navy-specs-reveal-major-design-shift\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">FFG(X) program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huntington Ingalls, Lockheed Martin, Austal USA, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri have all been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2017\/07\/11\/exclusive-interview-the-navy-s-surface-warfare-director-talks-frigate-requirements\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">asked to submit mature designs <\/a>over the next 16 months before the Navy drops down to a single detailed design and construction contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the contracts contain options that could grow the value to between $22 million and $23 million, according to the contract announcement. The work is expected to be complete by June, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2017\/07\/28\/experts-question-the-navys-ideas-for-a-new-frigate\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Coronado.JPG_b6d80e.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Experts question the US Navy\u2019s ideas for a new frigate<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Analysts question whether the Navy actually knows what it wants from its littoral combat ship replacement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy intends to award the contract for the first FFG(X) in 2020. It will buy one in 2020 and one in 2021, followed by two each year after that, according to the Navy\u2019s most recent 30-year shipbuilding plan. The U.S. Navy\u2019s requirement is for 52 small-surface combatants, the bulk of which will be LCS. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Austal and Lockheed Martin are competing amped up versions of their littoral combat ships. Huntington Ingalls is offering a version of the Coast Guard\u2019s National Security Cutter. Fincantieri is offering its FREMM design. General Dynamics is offering a patrnership with Spanish shipbuilding Navantia, for its F100 frigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy is looking for builders to balance value and capabilities, according to a statement, the Naval Sea Systems Command. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout the accelerated acquisition process for FFG(X), the Navy will incentivize industry to balance cost and capability and achieve the best value solution for the American taxpayer,\u201d the statement reads. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy has awarded $15 million contracts to four companies for conceptual designs for the FFG(X) program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":37,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[37,16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3361],"class_list":["post-16217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-naval"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"D7HLI5XOKVF4DGMOPOYMMNMTYM","arc_canonical_url":"\/naval\/2018\/02\/16\/navy-awards-design-contracts-for-for-future-frigate\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Navy awards design contracts for future frigate - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Navy has awarded $15 million contracts to four companies for conceptual designs for the FFG(X) program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Navy awards design contracts for future frigate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Navy has awarded $15 million contracts to four companies for conceptual designs for the FFG(X) program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/breaking-news\/2018\/02\/16\/navy-awards-design-contracts-for-for-future-frigate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-16T22:49:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T21:30:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David B. 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