The U.S. Navy Wants to Build a Super Frigate

Super Frigate

The U.S. Navy Wants to Build a Super Frigate
The Navy is exploring the possibility of adding Local Air Defenses, new weapons and enhanced protection technology to its requirements for a new Frigate slated to emerge in the early 2020s. While the new Frigate was conceived of as a more survivable adaptation of the Littoral Combat Ship, new analysis is no longer restricted to the idea of loosely basing the “hull design” upon the LCS. Furthermore, new requirements analysis underway by a Navy Frigate