{"id":59627,"date":"2017-09-01T14:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/01\/as-the-service-looks-to-fill-capabilities-gaps-the-us-navy-is-keeps-an-eye-overseas\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:29:13","slug":"as-the-service-looks-to-fill-capabilities-gaps-the-us-navy-is-keeps-an-eye-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2017\/09\/01\/as-the-service-looks-to-fill-capabilities-gaps-the-us-navy-is-keeps-an-eye-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"As the service looks to fill capabilities gaps, the US Navy eyes foreign designs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 As the U.S. Navy looks to fill capability gaps in its small surface combatants, the service is taking a hard look at international weapons and systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two major programs \u2015 the small surface combatant and the over-the-horizon missile for surface ships \u2015 are seeing competition from international companies. As the Navy looks to replace its Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates with a new guided-missile frigate under the FFG(X) program, several international designs have drawn attention inside the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Italian FREMM, built by shipbuilder Fincantieri, is a serious contender for the Navy\u2019s FFG(X), analysts and insiders say, and Kongsberg\u2019s Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate \u2015 a Norwegian design \u2015 could also be drawing some attention. The Navy\u2019s deadline for responses to its request for information released in July was Aug. 24, but details have not yet been released on who is in the game for the new ship class.<\/p>\n\n\n\t