The Navy has finally released a RFI for a new FFG(X) and Cdr Sal has a critique and breakdown of the request.
It sounds like the RFI is looking to take an existing design and modify it as required to meet USN needs, not a bad approach as there are some good frigate designs on the water right now and the Navy needs something quickly other than the LCS to bulk up the Fleet. Cdr Sal also looks at some existing ship classes and compares them to the requirements in the RFI and puts it in a nice easy-to-read table.
Here's the RFI itself.
As if answering our plea from last month, one of our three “X” seems to be moving along with the RFI just pushed out for FFG(X).
It is a strange document in that you can almost see the claw marks of advocates of the failed LCS program scratching through the project. I’ll get to that in a bit, but let’s look at some of the highlights.
It is a strange document in that you can almost see the claw marks of advocates of the failed LCS program scratching through the project. I’ll get to that in a bit, but let’s look at some of the highlights.
Here's the RFI itself.
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