Since then, the shipyard has focused on building guided missile destroyers.
The CRS report states that the Navy wants the first frigate built in 2020, the second in 2021, with the remaining 18 built at a rate of two per year ending in 2030.īIW built 26 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates for the Navy between the mid-70s and 1987. Frigates are designed to operate in low-threat areas, but would be capable of air defense operations, anti-surface warfare combat, and electromagnetic or electronic warfare missions. Navy frigates are smaller and less expensive to operate than destroyers and cruisers. 9 report developed by the Congressional Research Service indicate the construction contract could be worth billions of dollars.Īccording to the CRS report, the Navy wants each frigate to cost no more than $950 million, meaning that if 20 frigates are built, the contract could be worth up to $19 billion.īy comparison, the CRS report says it costs about $1.75 billion to build each DDG-51 class destroyer. Though the Navy has not explicitly stated the contract’s potential value, estimates based on a Nov.
The frigate, which is smaller than a destroyer, is meant to supplement the Navy’s undersea and surface warfare needs, and to support large surface combatants. The Navy released the request for proposals for its guided missile frigate replacement program on Nov. “We look forward to continuing the productive relationship we have had with Navantia for nearly 40 years.” and foreign designs suited to the FFG (X) requirements and found that the family of frigates designed and built by Navantia is an ideal match,” BIW President Dirk Lesko said in a statement issued Wednesday. BIW’s parent design will be provided by its partner, Navantia, a ship designer based in Madrid, Spain, that specializes in frigate designs. To reduce the time it takes to design, build and deliver the frigates, the Navy is requiring the ships have a so-called ‘parent design’ based on an existing hull form that already has been in active service. Inside Defense, an online news service that covers the Defense Department, reported that BIW is among six companies to express interest in the design contract. Maine lawmakers to consider extending tax credit for BIW.
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