Navy officials last week said the new FF(X) frigate, based on the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) design, will ...

Labs speculated that subsequent Trump-class warships could cost somewhere between $10 billion and $15 billion, depending on the size of the vessels and under ideal labor conditions. In his ...

Though the Navy began developing FF (X) before the Trump administration released its National Security Strategy , the strategy’s focus on homeland security within the Western Hemisphere validates the ...

The Navy is pushing back on concerns about the built-in capabilities of FF(X) frigates, including the lack of a vertical ...

During Surface Navy 2026's Future Fleet Panel new details surrounding the U.S Navy's FF(X) program were unveiled.

The "distributed shipbuilding" concept should reduce the time it takes to build the frigates, according to the Chief of Naval ...

The following is the Jan. 5, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Constellation (FFG-62) and FF(X) Class Frigate ...

Late last week, the Navy announced a replacement for the ill-fated Constellation frigate. The new ship would be “a smaller, more agile surface combatant designed to complement the fleet’s larger, ...

EVERETT— A plan to house a dozen guided missile frigates promised for Naval Station Everett is dead after Secretary of the Navy John Phelan scrapped a contract to build the Constellation class ships.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) on Monday rose as much as 3.9% to a record high after reports that President Donald Trump is set to make a shipbuilding-related announcement alongside senior ...

The U.S. Navy has decided to step back from its Constellation-class frigate program in favor of faster-to-build vessels and a new, American-designed frigate. That means the cancellation of four ...

WASHINGTON (WBAY) - The U.S. Navy announced Friday a plan for a new class of combatant ships: the FF(X). This comes after the Navy announced late last month that it was canceling the ...