US naval forces can not be determined with a new frigate for the navy. US military has concluded supplementary agreements with the five members of FFG program(X), transfers “Warspot” with reference to the site of the Naval Institute of the US Navy.
Recall, In February this year, the US Navy Command signed contracts with Austal USA companies, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Fincantieri Marine и Huntington Ingalls Industries. All these companies must develop a long-term project for the US Navy frigate. Now, under the additional agreement, each of the bidders received additional funding in the amount of $6,4 to $8 million for the development of the conceptual design and shorter programs.
All five companies in the different approaches to the implementation of the project of a new frigate. Lockheed Martin and Austal USA create their projects on the basis of existing patrol ships of LCS. Fincantieri Marine Group uses FREMM project database. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is the revised draft of the frigate type Álvaro de Bazán-class (F100) Spanish company Navantia. About frigate from Huntington Ingalls Industries is not known, the company did not provide any technical documentation, or visualization of the ship project.
Navy hurry with the choice of a new frigate. After all, according to the plans of shipbuilding, Fleet must be ordered in 2020 and 2021 one frigate's a new type of. FROM 2022 , the order will be for two ships a year. In total, the FFG program (X) It planned to buy 20 new frigates.
