Five frigate finalists fingered for FFG(X) fight by Navy “Stretch” LCS proposals up against three other established ship designs. Sean Gallagher – Feb 20, 2018 5:06 pm ...

USNI News Image. Five ship designs will compete in the Navy’s bid for 20 next-generation guided-missile frigates (FFG(X)) that will follow the Littoral Combat Ship, the service announced on Friday.

FFG(X) contenders. The Navy released the final request for proposals for its next guided-missile frigate (FFG(X)) today, outlining the program that will get the U.S. Navy into the business of ...

Though the FFG(X)’s exact specifications have not yet been determined, the FFG(X) is a guided-missile frigate with an area-defense anti-air warfare system. The FFG(X) is designed to be more ...

In FFG(X), the FF is for Fast Frigate, the G is for guided missile, the (X) is for Experimental. The general idea is a class that's a big brother to the LCS: Still fast, but somewhat burlier.

FFG(X) is meant to fill a void in the U.S. Navy left with the decommissioning of the 80s-era Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates.The U.S. Navy operated 51 Perry-class frigates ...

The FFG(X) was billed as a program for a new guided-missile frigate, and the contract would be lucrative. Five shipbuilding companies offered bids for the program. The Navy selected the winner ...

Navy envisions the Frigate, FFG(X), able to sense enemy targets from great distances, fire next-generation precision weaponry, utilize new networking and ISR technologies, operate unmanned systems ...

File photo - Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announces USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate class of ships while aboard the museum ...

This week the U.S. Navy published details on what it’s after for its next surface combatant, the FFG(X), or guided missile frigate. This move is designed to shift away from the Littoral Combat ...

A rendering of the FFG(X) from Austal USA, one of the competitors for the next-generation frigate. (Image Courtesy of Austal USA) WASHINGTON – The Navy is expected to buy its first next ...