Summary and Key Points: After years of delays turned its next frigate into an expensive disaster, the Navy made a hard call — ...

As the French fabulist and poet Jean de la Fontaine once wrote, “a person often meets his destiny on the road he took to ...

(CNN) — The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as ...

The next Constellation-class frigate is not expected to commission until 2029 due to shipbuilding delays. It is not a secret that the U.S. Navy is seriously hampered by shipbuilding delays. Upcoming ...

The US Navy's new frigate will be based on the US Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter.US Coast Guard photo Following the cancellation of its last frigate program, the US Navy announced Friday that it is ...

Navy Secretary John Phelan said the move would enable the service to build other classes of ships faster. The Constellation-class has been facing delivery delays, design problems, and rising costs.

Fincantieri Marinette Marine, the US subsidiary of Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri, was also in charge of the recently canceled Constellation-class frigate. The United States Navy doesn’t have ...

Serco Inc. has won a $96 million contract to continue supporting the Navy’s Constellation-class shipping building effort. The Constellation class is the next generation of guide missile vessels. Serco ...

Cost concerns are growing about the building of the US Navy's guided-missile frigate, shown here in a rendering. (US Navy) With the US Navy (USN) guided-missile frigate (FFG) shipbuilding programme ...