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  • Fincantieri Wins $795M Contract for Navy Frigate Program

    05/03/2020 12:44:17 AM PDT · by Spktyr · 116 replies
    US Naval Institute ^ | April 30, 2020 | Megan Eckstein
    The Navy awarded a $795-million contract to Fincantieri to begin building a new class of guided-missile frigates, in the first new major shipbuilding program the service has started in more than a decade, the Navy announced today. Fincantieri beat out what was originally four other competitors, who were asked by the Navy to take a mature parent design and evolve it to meet the Navy’s needs for potential high-end warfare. Fincantieri, which will build its frigate at its Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin, based its FFG(X) design on the FREMM multi-mission frigate already operated by the French and Italian navies....