US Selects European Design for New Frigate

[ORAC]

USN selects FREMM design as next frigate ? Alert 5 (http://alert5.com/2020/05/01/usn-selects-fremm-design-as-next-frigate/)

USN selects FREMM design as next frigate

The European FREMM multipurpose frigate as been selected as the design for the U.S. Navy’s Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) program.

https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112820

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FREMM_multipurpose_frigate

[Martin the Martian]

Until the inevitable lawsuit...

[unmanned_droid]

Until the inevitable lawsuit...
ha, yes, my comment was going to be "for the time being..."

[NutLoose]

Strange image to use as the images online all show it with a stealthy type enclosed aerial array...

Agree with M the M... launched by the French and Italians, sunk by the American legal system..

[Asturias56]

A lot depends on the commercial arrangement to build them - they'll all be built in the USA - Wisconsin I believe and the FREMM design has been on the USN list for at least 3 years. There were 5 designs in the frame but only two US designs - one of those was based on an LCS (which don't seem to be flavour of the month) and the other on the Legend cutter - which is quite an old design I think.

The real money will be made fitting all those US -only bits of kit . It'll be interesting to see what the final cost is if they go-ahead with the FREMM

[Just This Once...]

The navy.mil link and the 'US Navy - Forged By The Sea' tag-line made me smile. I guess the spirit of Fat Leonard lives on!

[racedo]

Selects the design but little or no chance of any European content, voters have to be pleased.