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Funding Bill Moves Constellation Frigate Money for New FF(X) Program

The cancellation of the Constellation-class frigate allowed the Navy to quickly seek a funding boost for the program set to ...
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Celebrity Cruises Ship Drifts Off Italy Coast After Reported Power Loss

The cruise line's ‘Constellation’ ship was in the middle of an 11-day sailing to Italy, Croatia and Montenegro aslu/ullstein bild via Getty A Celebrity Cruises ship was reportedly left drifting for ...
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U.S. Navy announces new class of combatant ships after canceling Constellation frigate program

WASHINGTON (WBAY) - The U.S. Navy announced Friday a plan for a new class of combatant ships: the FF(X). This comes after the Navy announced late last month that it was canceling the ...
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To build ships faster, the Navy needs to change how it designs them

Two days before Thanksgiving, Navy Secretary John Phelan announced the cancellation of the $22 billion 20 ship Constellation multi-mission frigate program. The ship was meant to be capable of ...
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Constellation tried to be a destroyer stand-in; FF(X) builds a fleet instead

“We are pursuing a design [for FF(X)] that is producible, it has been proven, it is operationally in use today, and it will evolve,” Chris Miller, Executive Director at Naval Sea Systems Command ...