{"id":40891,"date":"2018-08-13T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/13\/us-navys-focus-on-rapid-acquisition-is-opening-up-opportunities-for-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:21:20","slug":"us-navys-focus-on-rapid-acquisition-is-opening-up-opportunities-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/top-100\/2018\/08\/13\/us-navys-focus-on-rapid-acquisition-is-opening-up-opportunities-for-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy\u2019s focus on rapid acquisition is opening up opportunities for Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Navy intends to get much bigger, and that has meant new openings for <a href=\"http:\/\/people.defensenews.com\/top-100\/\" target=_blank>European companies<\/a> in the U.S. defense market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s new over-the-horizon missile destined for the littoral combat ship and the future frigate was recently awarded to the Norwegian firm Kongsberg, in partnership with U.S. company Raytheon, for its Naval Strike Missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future frigate program itself has awarded contracts to Spain\u2019s Navantia and Italy\u2019s Fincantieri for design work before the Navy selects a design later this year, meaning the service\u2019s next surface combatant may be a European design. And for the Navy\u2019s future training helicopter, both Franco-Dutch company Airbus and Italian firm Leonardo are top competitors for that program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/people.defensenews.com\/top-100\/\" target=_blank><b>See this year\u2019s Top 100 list!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analysts say the Navy\u2019s recent surge in interest has been spurred by a confluence of circumstances that could mean even more opportunities for foreign companies looking to break into the U.S. market.<\/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\/2018\/05\/30\/we-spent-3-days-on-a-top-ffgx-contender-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" 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=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Alpino.jpg.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\">We spent 3 days on a top contender for the Navy\u2019s future frigate. Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The anti-submarine warfare FREMM Alpino is pretty darn cool: It\u2019s built to fight and has plenty of power to go around. It has espresso machines, which may or may not land in the Navy version. But it&#039;s also not perfect.<\/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\">Increased defense budgets are one reason the European companies have been seeing more business from the Navy and other American military branches. But a shift in the way the Defense Department tries to fill capabilities gaps has made the space more competitive for overseas firms, said Dan Gour\u00e9, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Navy and other services have shifted toward great power competition, it has found a number of capabilities that were not hugely important in a unipolar world have again become requirements with the reemergence of Russia and the rise of China as security threats. One such area is the small surface combatant, or FFG(X) program, which would be needed to escort supply convoys and work as a survivable sensor node in a larger surface combatant network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith the frigate, for example, we hadn\u2019t built one of those in 40 years, but the Europeans have been building them for decades,\u201d Gour\u00e9 noted. \u201cAnd if we needed a diesel-electric sub, they\u2019d of course be the first in line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This emphasis on speed of acquisition has also helped because the Navy and the rest of the Department of Defense are reluctant to get tied down by a yearslong, inevitably over-budget development process unless necessary, Gour\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe trend has been toward [other transaction authority] contracts, and that has made the European companies credible competitors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another factor is that the Navy has been more willing to make trades on capabilities, said Bryan Clark, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think what\u2019s new is that the Navy is openly seeking foreign proposals for some of these major new programs,\u201d Clark said. \u201cForeign companies have always been able to submit proposals in response to RFPs, but usually they don\u2019t offer the high-end capability the U.S. is usually seeking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe big change is that the Navy is willing to get a less-sophisticated capability in to get a design that is more mature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the case of the Navy\u2019s trainer helicopter competition, past success with European companies inside the DoD could be a driving factor in Airbus&#8217; and Leonardo\u2019s competitive bids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airbus\u2019 North American division has been successful with the U.S. Army\u2019s Lakota program, built by Airbus Helicopters in Columbus, Mississippi, which is where the company would build its H135 helicopter if selected for the program. The Army has been happy with Lakota, so much so that it has been pushing to buy more of the airframes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/01\/05\/army-moves-forward-to-buy-more-lakotas-post-lawsuit\/\">despite legal battles<\/a> over the contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the success of Airbus Helicopters with the Army is possible for much the same reason that, for example, Australian-owned Austal USA has been successful building both the trimaran version of the littoral combat ship and the expeditionary fast transport: a major manufacturing infrastructure investment in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that kind of cash outlay for a program can scare away European competitors. Getting around \u201cBuy American\u201d provisions would literally take an act of Congress. Despite having already developed, tested and fielded the capability the Navy wants, Kongsberg had to team with American defense giant Raytheon to sell its missile to the DoD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cBuy American\u201d provisions laid down and regularly upheld by Congress for defense procurement does have protectionist overtones, but there is a national security argument as well. 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