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Navy: Year-Long CR Would Lead to $500M Shortfall for Columbia-class Submarine

25 January 2022

Artist’s rendering of the Columbia-class SSBN submarine. US Navy Image

The Navy is facing a $500 million shortfall for its Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program if the government is forced to operate under a year-long continuing resolution, a service official told reporters on Tuesday.

The service’s fiscal management director on the chief of naval operations (N82) staff today forecasted a list of ramifications for the Navy – ranging from decreased aircraft and weapons procurement to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/25/navy-year-long-cr-would-lead-to-500m-shortfall-for-columbia-class-submarine

Navy: First Constellation Frigate Will Start Fabrication This Year as Shipyard Expands

15 January 2021

Rendering of USS Constellation (FFG-62). Fincantieri Image

The first hull in a new Navy ship class in more than a decade is set to start construction later this year, the service’s program manager said this week.

Fincantieri Marinette Marine plans to start fabrication of the future USS Constellation (FFG-62) in late summer or early fall following the completion of the final design review of the plans for the ship, Capt. Kevin Smith, who oversees the program for the Navy, said on Tuesday. The ship...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/15/navy-first-constellation-frigate-will-start-fabrication-this-year-as-shipyard-expands

CNO Gilday’s New Guidance Sets Clear Goals to Bring Lethality to Surface Force

11 January 2021

USS Sterett (DDG-104) steams through the night in the Gulf of Oman on Sept. 17, 2020. US Navy Photo

The head of the Navy warned the surface force there is little time to waste in designing and fielding key technologies it will need for a lethal and distributed future fleet.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday’s new guidance to the service narrows in on a group of capabilities he says it needs to develop in the next decade to be competitive with Russia and China over the next century. The...

Report to Congress on Constellation-class Frigate Program (FFG-62)

29 October 2020

The following is the Oct. 28, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate (Previously FFG[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

From the report

The Constellation (FFG-62) class frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program, is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG-62 class ship in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion). The Navy’s...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/29/report-to-congress-on-constellation-class-frigate-program-ffg-62

CBO Says Navy Underestimated Cost of First Frigate by 40 Percent

15 October 2020

Italian FREMM, the basis for the FFG-62 program. Fincantieri Marine Group Image

The lead ship in the Navy’s next-generation frigate class could cost $1.6 billion, a figure that is 40 percent above the service’s projections for the first-in-class vessel, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

A new report from CBO approximates the cost for the first 10 ships in the FFG-62 program, formerly FFG(X), at $12.3 billion.

“Using three other surface combatants—the Arleigh Burke Flight III, the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/14/cbo-says-navy-underestimated-cost-of-first-frigate-by-40-percent

CBO Report on Cost of the Navy’s FFG(X) Program

14 October 2020

The following is the Oct. 13, 2020 Congressional Budget Office report, The Cost of the Navy’s New Frigate.

From the report

On April 30, 2020, the Navy awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine a contract to build the Navy’s new surface combatant, a guided-missile frigate long designated as FFG(X).1 The contract guarantees that Fincantieri will build the lead ship (the first ship designed for a class) and gives the Navy options to build as many as nine additional ships. In this report, the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/14/cbo-report-on-cost-of-the-navys-ffgx-program

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