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Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG(X) in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion). The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2021 budget requests $1,053.1 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion) for the procurement of the second FFG(X). The Navy estimates that subsequent ships in the class will cost roughly $940 million each in then-year dollars.\nFour industry teams are competing for the FFG(X) program. The Navy plans to award a Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) contract for up to 10 ships in the program\u2014the lead ship plus nine option ships. Under such a contract, the Navy would have the option of recompeting the program after the lead ship (if none of the nine option ships were exercised), after the 10th ship (if all nine of the option ships were exercised), or somewhere in between (if one to eight of the nine option ships were not exercised). Under the Navy\u2019s FY2021 budget submission, the Navy is scheduled to award the DD&C contract in July 2020. On February 28, 2020, it was reported that then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly had asked the Navy acquisition executive to look into the possibility of awarding the FFG(X) contract earlier than July 2020. On April 28, 2020, it was reported that the Navy planned to announce the award \u201cin the coming days.\u201d\nThe Navy intends to build the FFG(X) to a modified version of an existing ship design\u2014an approach called the parent-design approach. The parent design can be a U.S. ship design or a foreign ship design. Two of the industry teams competing for the FFG(X) program\u2014one including Fincantieri/Marinette Marine (F/MM) of Marinette, WI, and another including General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works (GD/BIW) of Bath, ME\u2014are using European frigate designs as their parent design. A third team\u2014a team including Austal USA of Mobile, AL\u2014is using the Navy\u2019s Freedom (LCS-2) class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) design, which Austal USA currently builds, as its parent design. A fourth team\u2014a team including Huntington Ingalls Industries/Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII/Ingalls) of Pascagoula, MS\u2014has not disclosed what parent design it is using.\nAs part of its action on the Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget, Congress passed two legislative provisions relating to U.S. content requirements for certain components of each FFG(X). 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Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG(X) in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion). The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2021 budget requests $1,053.1 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion) for the procurement of the second FFG(X). The Navy estimates that subsequent ships in the class will cost roughly $940 million each in then-year dollars.\nFour industry teams are competing for the FFG(X) program. The Navy is scheduled to award the FFG(X) contract\u2014a Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) contract for up to 10 ships in the program (the lead ship plus 9 option ships)\u2014in July 2020. On February 28, 2020, it was reported that Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly had asked the Navy acquisition executive to look into the possibility of awarding the FFG(X) contract earlier than July 2020.\nThe Navy intends to build the FFG(X) to a modified version of an existing ship design\u2014an approach called the parent-design approach. The parent design can be a U.S. ship design or a foreign ship design. Two of the industry teams competing for the FFG(X) program\u2014one including Fincantieri/Marinette Marine (F/MM) of Marinette, WI, and another including General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works (GD/BIW) of Bath, ME\u2014are using European frigate designs as their parent design. A third team\u2014a team including Austal USA of Mobile, AL\u2014is using the Navy\u2019s Freedom (LCS-2) class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) design, which Austal USA currently builds, as its parent design. A fourth team\u2014a team including Huntington Ingalls Industries/Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII/Ingalls) of Pascagoula, MS\u2014has not disclosed what parent design it is using.\nAs part of its action on the Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget, Congress passed two provisions relating to U.S. content requirements for certain components of each FFG(X)\u2014Section 856 of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1790/P.L. 116-92 of December 20, 2019), and Section 8113(b) of the FY2020 DOD Appropriations Act (Division A of H.R. 1158/P.L. 116-93 of December 20, 2019).\nThe FFG(X) program presents several potential oversight issues for Congress, including the following:\nthe potential impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation on the execution of U.S. military shipbuilding programs, including the FGFG(X) program;\nwhether to fund the procurement in FY2021 of one FFG(X) (the Navy\u2019s request), no FFG(X), or two FFG(X)s;\nwhether Congress should express its sense regarding when the Navy should award the FFG(X) contract;\nwhether to build FFG(X)s at a single shipyard (the Navy\u2019s baseline plan), or at two or three shipyards;\nwhether to take any further legislative action regarding U.S. content requirements for FFG(X)s;\nwhether the Navy has appropriately defined the cost, capabilities, and growth margin of the FFG(X); and\ncost, schedule, and technical risk in the FFG(X) program; and\nthe potential industrial-base impacts of the FFG(X) program for shipyards and supplier firms in the context of other Navy and Coast Guard shipbuilding programs.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/R44972", "sha1": "3b35af3790849e4bc78e2dcaf0d71ff2fbde1b59", "filename": "files/20200417_R44972_3b35af3790849e4bc78e2dcaf0d71ff2fbde1b59.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/10.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_d5a2b2d31502fb866f9561060a20f5fa590f0c38.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/0.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_5bd63232319b8e8cfe213d25364285dc8dc9ba3d.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/2.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_cc222376ff22c39ace77147e0669e40e1e1d9fe6.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/5.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_3f7a1cc3d9239ed107934366a9dee011ad3b5bb1.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/6.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_d3021c33a8a5846254db3e6f4ae876226cc61b4b.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/7.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_fa6db75fcb94a1af13b23d16e09514a7972ec034.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/9.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_dd1e6820342c95a078670fe44e317c7e4d9bf8d3.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/1.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_90e9a9a238fe15cfe02da62b534837d5f388267d.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/8.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_d30615f65b0dbb8e0c04c9b5a4e78c8f590ca984.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/3.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_3f06286371fb46f533b953af2d4ae80db6429ec1.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R44972_files&id=/4.png": "files/20200417_R44972_images_8c554f13c5838ae3029f1abc86a3f13e8d19f0c3.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R44972", "sha1": "0a45b81af1a480a3d5302406ee87472e044395fd", "filename": "files/20200417_R44972_0a45b81af1a480a3d5302406ee87472e044395fd.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 620625, "date": "2020-03-22", "retrieved": "2020-03-23T22:22:58.745665", "title": "Navy Frigate (FFG[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "The FFG(X) program is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG(X) in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion). The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2021 budget requests $1,053.1 million (i.e., about $1.1 billion) for the procurement of the second FFG(X). The Navy estimates that subsequent ships in the class will cost roughly $940 million each in then-year dollars.\nFour industry teams are competing for the FFG(X) program. The Navy is scheduled to award the FFG(X) contract\u2014a Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) contract for up to 10 ships in the program (the lead ship plus 9 option ships)\u2014in July 2020. On February 28, 2020, it was reported that Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly had asked the Navy acquisition executive to look into the possibility of awarding the FFG(X) contract earlier than July 2020.\nThe Navy intends to build the FFG(X) to a modified version of an existing ship design\u2014an approach called the parent-design approach. The parent design can be a U.S. ship design or a foreign ship design. Two of the industry teams competing for the FFG(X) program\u2014one including Fincantieri/Marinette Marine (F/MM) of Marinette, WI, and another including General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works (GD/BIW) of Bath, ME\u2014are using European frigate designs as their parent design. A third team\u2014a team including Austal USA of Mobile, AL\u2014is using the Navy\u2019s Freedom (LCS-2) class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) design, which Austal USA currently builds, as its parent design. 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