US Navy Secretary John Phelan has announced the service would pursue a new frigate based on HII’s Legend-class national security cutter, which was originally built for the US Coast Guard, Breaking Defense reports.
It will replace the now canceled Constellation-class frigate program. Further, Jason Potter, the Navy’s acting acquisition executive, said publicly that the service would aim to have this new ship in the water by 2028, a goal that Phelan.
