Zitat:Bath Iron Works wins $15M contract to help design new Navy frigates

The U.S. Navy on Friday awarded $15 million conceptual design contracts to five firms, including Bath Iron Works, for a new frigate known as FFG(X), according to the Naval Sea Systems Command.

The contracts will allow the Navy to better understand the cost and capabilities of the design options and inform the final specifications for the vessels’ construction at a cost of no more than $950 million each, the Navy said in a news release. The construction contract, to be awarded next year, would be worth about $15 billion to the company that wins it. [...] The Navy added the FFG(X) program to its fiscal year 2018 budget submission, proposing to procure one each in fiscal years 2020 and 2021, and then two per year from 2022 to 2030, according to a Nov. 9 report from the Congressional Research Service.

BIW will work with Spanish ship designer Navantia on the design. The other companies awarded a contract Friday are: Huntington Ingalls of Newport News, Virginia; Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Maryland; Fincantieri/Marinette Marine of Marinette, Wisconsin, and Austal USA of Mobile, Alabama.

Zitat:General Dynamics unveils their guided missile frigate proposal for U.S. Navy

Major United States shipyard General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, part of General Dynamics Corporation, has unveiled their guided missile frigate proposal under the FFG(X) program for the U.S. Navy. The concept of new guided missile frigate was unveiled during annual Sea-Air-Space, the largest maritime exposition in the United States. [...]

In February 2018, the U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a $14.9 million contract for the concept design of the Navy’s planned Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)). Bath Iron Works’ proposed design is based on a family of AEGIS Guided Missile Frigates designed by the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia. The contract award enables Bath Iron Works to mature the design to meet the specifications established by the Navy that will be used for the Detail Design and Construction request for proposals. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total value of the contract to $22.9 million. [...] Bath Iron Works designed the Navy’s prior frigate, the Oliver Hazard Perry class, and built many of the hulls. Bath Iron Works partnered with Navantia in the 1980s to adapt the Oliver Hazard Perry design for construction by the Spanish shipbuilding industry and for use by the Spanish Navy. [...]

The Navy expects to build a total of twenty (20) FFG(X) ships as per the fiscal year 2019 Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels.

(26.05.2019, 18:01)Helios schrieb: Ein fast schon ungewohnt konservatives Design, bei all den schicken Studien, die man in den letzten Jahren sehen konnte (bis hin zur Zumwalt)

(27.05.2019, 13:13)ede144 schrieb: eben, man will mal was kaufen, was auch wirklich funktioniert.

(27.05.2019, 18:41)Helios schrieb:

(27.05.2019, 13:13)ede144 schrieb: eben, man will mal was kaufen, was auch wirklich funktioniert.

Ich meinte damit nicht die Systeme oder Auslegung, sondern tatsächlich die Formgebung. Und die ist so klassisch nicht sicherer in ihrer Funktion als ein "modernes" Design.

Zitat:Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate FFG(X) Program

The FFG(X) program is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG(X) in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion). The Navy’s proposed FY2021 budget requests $1,053.1 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion) for the procurement of the second FFG(X). The Navy estimates that subsequent ships in the class will cost roughly $940 million each in then-year dollars. [...]

On April 30, 2020, the Navy announced that it had awarded the FFG(X) contract to the team led by Fincantieri/Marinette Marine (F/MM) of Marinette, WI. F/MM was awarded a fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract for Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) for up to 10 ships in the program—the lead ship plus nine option ships.

Under the DD&C contact awarded to F/MM, Navy has the option of recompeting the FFG(X) program after the lead ship (if none of the nine option ships are exercised), after the 10th ship (if all nine of the option ships are exercised), or somewhere in between (if some but not all of the nine option ships are exercised). [...] As part of its action on the Navy’s FY2020 budget, Congress passed two legislative provisions relating to U.S. content requirements for certain components of each FFG(X). [...]

Zitat:CBO Report on Cost of the Navy’s FFG(X) Program

On April 30, 2020, the Navy awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine a contract to build the Navy’s new surface combatant, a guided-missile frigate long designated as FFG(X).1 The contract guarantees that Fincantieri will build the lead ship (the first ship designed for a class) and gives the Navy options to build as many as nine additional ships. In this report, the Congressional Budget Office examines the potential costs if the Navy exercises all of those options.

CBO estimates the cost of the 10 FFG(X) ships would be $12.3 billion in 2020 (inflation-adjusted) dollars, about $1.2 billion per ship, on the basis of its own weight-based cost model. That amount is 40 percent more than the Navy’s estimate. [...]

Other factors suggest the Navy’s estimate is too low: The costs of all surface combatants since 1970, as measured per thousand tons, were higher. Historically the Navy has almost always underestimated the cost of the lead ship, and a more expensive lead ship generally results in higher costs for the follow-on ships. Even when major parts of the ship’s estimated cost are known, as they were for the Arleigh Burke destroyer, costs have turned out to be higher than initially estimated. Compared with the design on which it is based, the FFG(X) will be more densely built and will have somewhat more complex weapon systems.

(18.10.2020, 18:53)ede144 schrieb: Man muss sich einfach mal klar machen das die USN die letzten 3 Schiffsklassen versammelt hat. Vermutlich ist man jetzt vorsichtiger geworden und will nicht schon wieder eine Schiffsklasse die die Erwartungen nicht erfüllt.

Zitat:The U.S. Navy Is Building Even More Advanced FFG(X) Frigates [...]

The U.S. Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan outlines an ambitious and fast-moving plan to fund as many as fifteen of the new ships over just the next five years, a high speed effort to bring the new ship online in just the next several years. The Navy documents states its plans to make “investments in FY2022 in long lead time material and the stand up of a “follow yard” in FY2023 to increase FFG production to three ships in 2023 and up to four new Frigates by 2025.” [...]

“The FFG(X) small surface combatant will expand blue force sensor and weapon influence to provide increased information to the overall fleet tactical picture while challenging adversary Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (ISRT) efforts,” previously released Naval Sea Systems Command FFG(X) documents said. [...]

The new Frigate, now being built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, will also quite likely be armed with an MH-60R helicopter, Fire Scout vertical take-off and landing drones and SeaRAM interceptor missiles. The ships will also come with a range of surface-to-surface and surface-to-air weapons such as 30mm guns, HELLFIRE missiles and an over the horizon missile to attack targets at longer ranges.

Navy plans for the FFG(X) also call for advanced electronic warfare tech along with both variable depth and lightweight sonar systems. The new ship may also have seven 11-meter Rigid Inflatable Boats for short combat or expeditionary missions such as visiting, searching and boarding other ships.

Zitat:L3Harris Technologies awarded systems integration contract for US Navy Frigate program

L3Harris is a member of the Fincantieri FFG team and will provide integrated systems that include the electric and propulsion systems, bridge and navigation systems, and aviation integration services. The diversified capabilities that L3Harris delivers on the Constellation-class Frigate program will distribute the power and propulsion needed to meet the U.S. Navy’s mission requirements throughout the world.

The Navy recently awarded a contract to Fincantieri to design and build the FFG, the Navy’s first new build in more than a decade. L3Harris will support Fincantieri at its Marinette, Wisconsin shipyard, where it will build the frigate based on the company’s Italian FREMM multi-mission frigate.

The Constellation-Class frigate FFG 62 will have a length of 151.8 m, a draft of 5.5 m, a beam of 19.7 m, and an LS displacement of 6,016 tons. The ship will be powered by a diesel-electric and gas (CODLAG) propulsion system including one gas turbine, two electric motors, 4 ship service Diesel generators, and one auxiliary propulsion system. [...]

The Constellation-Class FFG 62 will be armed with one Mk 110 57mm naval gun, 32 Mk 41 VLS (Vertical Launching System), 16 NSM Naval Strike anti-ship Missiles, one Mk 49 RAM surface-to-air missile system, and four Mk 53 MOD 9 DLSs (Decoy Launching Systems).