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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The future small surface combatant ship will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries and based on its Legends-class cutter ...

The first hull is expected to hit the water in 2028 as a more nimble companion to the Navy’s larger warships, Navy Secretary ...

When imagining an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drone, the mind usually conjures up a machine shaped pretty much like one of the existing types of aircraft, be them helicopters ...

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 ...

The United States Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRCs) have emerged as a significant force for international deployments, dwarfing the legacy Island-class patrol boats in size, ...

Congressional critics have called for action to close an Arctic region “icebreaker gap” with Russia and China.