military shipbuilding programs, including the FFG-62 program the potential impact of the COVID-19 situation on the execution of U.S. the accuracy of the Navy’s estimated unit procurement cost for FFG-62s, particularly when compared to the known unit procurement costs of other recent U.S. the Navy’s emerging force-level goals for frigates and other surface combatants The FFG-62 program presents several potential oversight issues for Congress, including the following: content requirements for certain components of each FFG-62 class ship, as well as a provision requiring the Navy to conduct a land-based test program for the FFG-62’s engineering plant (i.e., its propulsion plant and associated machinery). Navy Constellation Class guided-missile frigate FFG 62 (Image: Wikipedia)Īs part of its action on the Navy’s FY2020 and FY2021 budgets, Congress has passed provisions relating to U.S. The other three industry teams reportedly competing for the program were led by Austal USA of Mobile, AL General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works (GD/BIW) of Bath, ME and Huntington Ingalls Industries/Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII/Ingalls) of Pascagoula, MS. 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. Navy announced that it had awarded the FFG-62 contract to the team led by Fincantieri/Marinette Marine (F/MM) of Marinette, WI. Navy’s proposed FY2022 budget requests $1,087.9 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion) for the procurement of the third FFG-62, and $69.1 million in advance procurement (AP) funding for the fourth and fifth FFG-62s, which are programmed for procurement in one or more future fiscal years.įour industry teams competed for the FFG-62 program. Congress funded the first FFG-62 in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion) and the second in FY2021 at a cost of $1,053.1 million (i.e.,about $1.1 billion). Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and wants to procure a total of 20 FFG-62s. The summary of the report as follows.” Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program The Congressional Research Service report for “Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress” was published on Aug 10, 2021.
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