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

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 ...

The Constellation-class frigate marks a return to dedicated frigate programs for the US Navy, aiming to fill strategic gaps.

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.

(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 ...

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 ...

January 28, 2026: At the end of 2025 the U.S. Navy/USN cancelled its Constellation-class guided missile frigate program after five years and billions of dollars spent. With not even one frigate ...

The United States Navy’s Constellation-class frigates are set to replace the aging Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates now in service, but the warships are now estimated to be three years behind... The ...

To close gap with Chinese fleet, analysts say the US must outsource shipbuilding to South Korea and Japan – but the move ...