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Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program : Background and Issues for Congress Updated January 31, 2022 Congressional Research Service R44972 Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program : Background and Issues for Congress Congressional Research Service Summary The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) Class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and wants to procure a total of 20 FFG-62s. Congress funded the first FFG-62 in FY2020 at a cost of $1, million ( , about $ billion) and the second in FY2021 at a cost of $1, million ( , about $ billion). The Navy s proposed FY2022 budget requests $1, million ( , about $ billion) for the procurement of the third FFG-62, and $ million in advance procurement (AP) funding for the fourth and fifth FFG-62s, which are programmed for procurement in one or more future fiscal years.
of individually larger and more expensive surface ships—is increasingly vulnerable to attack by the improving A2/AD capabilities (particularly anti-ship missiles and their supporting detection and targeting systems) of potential adversaries, particularly China. Shifting to a more distributed architecture, these observers have argued, would
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