19 May 2021
US Navy notes progress on Constellation frigate, hypersonics
by Michael Fabey
The US Navy (USN) is on track to deliver its new Constellation-class FFG 62 guided-missile frigate and surface-ship hypersonic-missile capability by the middle part of this decade, according to Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations (CNO).
“FFG 62 is in a really good place,” Adm Gilday said on 13 May at the virtual McAleese and Associates FY2022 Defense Programs conference. “We're going to start bending metal at the end of the year on that hull.”
The CNO added, “That workforce understands how critically important the on-time delivery of that ship is.”
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