The service now is prioritizing production of the Constellation-class frigate, which it says delivers a more powerful punch. But with the aging Avenger-class minesweepers nearing retirement, the Navy ...

The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget request has limited spending on the Navy’s next-generation fighter program, ...

Why didn’t Richard Marles explain to Donald Trump and the other 31 leaders of NATO nations that they don’t need to invest ...

Pentagon officials are racing to meet tight deadlines to overhaul the weapon acquisition system, prescribed by the White House in two executive orders issued in April. But their haste should not ...

Navy officials on Tuesday told the Senate Appropriation's defense subcommittee that SM-3s are being used quickly and that the ...

A guided-missile submarine launched 30 cruise missiles into Iran. The US is going to retire subs key to that capability.

The United States Navy is grappling with serious challenges in its new frigate program. According to a recent report by the ...

The Navy’s Constellation-class frigate program, already delayed and hampered by design and construction issues, is heading toward a first-in-class ship that would be at least 759 metric tons hea ...

The Constellation-class FFGX program had been awarded to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, which is based in Marinette, Wisconsin. The purpose of the Constellation-class frigates is to ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced on Dec. 16, 2024 that a future constellation-class guided missile frigate (FFG 69) will be named USS Joy Bright Hancock. Hancock is one of the first ...

While the U.S. Navy’s first Constellation-Class Frigate (FFG 62) is under construction in the United States, Norway is showing serious interest in the guided-missile frigate, ...