Recent operations from the Red Sea to the Caribbean make the requirement undeniable,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said.

This post has been updated with a rendering of the proposed FF(X) design. The U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class will serve as the ...

After killing the Constellation-class frigate program, the Navy announced plans to build a replacement “FF(X) frigate” based ...

The Announcement On December 19, 2025, the U.S. Navy announced its plan to introduce a new class of small surface combatant ...

Today, HII announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been selected by the U.S. Navy to design and build the future small surface combatant (SSC) ship, leveraging the proven design of the ...

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said he has directed the acquisition of a new frigate class based on HII’s Ingalls-built ...

Ingalls Shipbuilding already is building Navy destroyers (DDG), and amphibious ships (LPDs) at the Pascagoula shipyard in ...

Navy leadership last Friday said it has selected HII to design and build a new class of small surface combatants (SSC) based ...

The Navy’s future small surface combatant will have the capability to serve as a command-and-control platform to coordinate ...

A boarding team member from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) inspects contraband discovered within a suspected drug smuggling vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern ...