page_title: FFG(X)
hierarchical_section_title: FFG(X)
caption_attribution_description: English: An artist rendering of the U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate FFG(X). The new small surface combatant will have multi-mission capability to conduct air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, electronic warfare, and information operations. The design is based on the FREMM multipurpose frigate. A contract for ten ships was awarded to Marinette Marine Corporation, Wisconsin (USA), on 30 April 2020.
context_page_description: FFG(X) is the notional designation of a class of multimission guided-missile frigates for the United States Navy, to be contracted from July 2020, as a follow-on to the modular littoral combat ship. The FFG(X) was announced in a United States Department of Defense Request For Information on 10 July 2017. The U.S. Navy had selected five shipbuilders to evolve their designs into a prospective design for the proposed twenty FFG(X) guided-missile frigates. On 30 April 2020, it was announced that Fincantieri Marinette Marine had won the contract.
context_section_description: FFG(X) is the notional designation of a class of multimission guided-missile frigates for the United States Navy, to be contracted from July 2020, as a follow-on to the modular littoral combat ship. The FFG(X) was announced in a United States Department of Defense Request For Information (RFI) on 10 July 2017. The U.S. Navy had selected five shipbuilders to evolve their designs into a prospective design for the proposed twenty FFG(X) guided-missile frigates. On 30 April 2020, it was announced that Fincantieri Marinette Marine had won the contract.
caption: Artist rendering of the final FFG(X) design
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