#ffg-62

Introducing....

     ....the USS Constellation (FFG 62)-class guided-missile frigate....

          .....with up to 20 versatile warships planned....

               .....by the United States Navy and Congress....

The USS Constellation (FFG-62)-class frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program, is a Navy initiative to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs).

The United States Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG-62 class ship in FY2020 at a cost of $1.3 billion. The Navy’s proposed FY2021 budget requests $1.1 billion for the procurement of the second FFG-62 class ship. The Navy estimates that subsequent ships in the class will cost roughly $940 million each.

The versatile frigates will be able to operate independently or as part of an aircraft carrier strike group. It’s a multi-mission small surface combatant designed to conduct anti-air warfare (AAW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and electromagnetic warfare (EMW) operations.

The ships are expected to begin entering the active Fleet in the late 2020s....and throughout the 2030s. These small, but very capable, warships will fill an important gap as the somewhat star-crossed Independence-class and Freedom-class littoral combat ships are phased out from Fleet service.

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