26.05.2024, 09:09
Zitat:US Navy exercises $1bn option for next two Constellation-class frigateshttps://www.naval-technology.com/news/us...s/?cf-view
The US Navy has committed $1bn in FY24 funding to the detail design and construction of vessel five and six in the Constellation-class frigate programme. [...]
Marinette Marine has been awarded a more than $1bn fixed-price modification to exercise options for the detail design and construction of the next two Constellation-class guided missile frigates (FFG 66 and FFG 67) due to enter service with the US Navy. [...] The contract modification was revealed in a 23 May 2024, notice by the US Department of Defense, with 51% of the work due to be performed at Marinette Marine’s site in Wisconsin. The entire $1.04bn in cost was obligated at the time of the award, which will come from FY24 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds.
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the same day that FFG 66 would be named USS Hamilton, following on from USS Constellation (FFG 62), USS Congress (FFG 63), USS Chesapeake (FFG 64), and USS Lafayette (FFG 65).
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