Scout Warrior: Navy Asks Industry for "Concept Designs" of New Combat Frigate
The US Navy is asking industry to prepare "concept design" proposals to build a new combat-capable Frigate able to destroy swarming small boat attacks, operate.
The US Navy is asking industry to prepare "concept design" proposals to build a new combat-capable Frigate able to destroy swarming small boat attacks, operate undersea and aerial drones, support carrier strike groups, conduct dis-aggregated operations, attack enemies with an over-the-horizon missile and engage in advanced surface and anti-submarine warfare, according to an announcement several months ago from Naval Sea Systems Command.
This new Guided Missile Frigate platform will "employ unmanned systems to penetrate and dwell in contested environments, operating at greater risk to gain sensor and weapons advantages over the adversary," the Navy announcement states.
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WNU Editor: This "new Navy" program sounds a lot like a cheaper version of the LCS program.
2 comments:
Would never happen, with secrecy and encryption as it is, the latest greatest frigate would be outdated by at least 20 years. Fact is you have a seperation between civilian and military advancements. You could literally take a weapon of today and build a frigate to utilize to its full potential, such as a nuclear submarine. Yet the US Navy want the tried and true, just a little better and companies are only to obliged to meet bare minimum requirements, even if they could make it fly.
WNU Editor,
The LCS was supposed to replace the Perry Class.
Now the Navy's looking to unmothball some of the Perry Class, due to the LCS's program failures.
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