17.06.2022, 06:49
Zitat:Navy Awards $537M Option for Third Constellation Frigate Chesapeakehttps://news.usni.org/2022/06/16/navy-aw...chesapeake
The Navy has awarded a $537 million contract option to shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine for the third Constellation-class frigate, according to a Thursday Pentagon announcement. The contract modification for the detail design and construction of Chesapeake (FFG-64) follows Constellation (FFG-62), awarded in 2020, and Congress (FFG-63), awarded in 2021.
Combined with government-furnished equipment, the first ship’s total cost will be about $1.3 billion, according to Navy budget documents. Marinette’s Wisconsin shipyard will build the 7,300-ton frigate, which is based on Fincantieri’s FREMM multi-mission design used by the French and Italian navies. [...]
The service was expected to buy two frigates a year starting in FY 2023, but alternate between one and two awards a year for a total of buying three every two years. Over the next five years, the service anticipates buying seven of the FFGs for a total of ten if the Navy exercises all of the contract options, according to its FY 2023 budget submission.
Schneemann