" A New Frigate that Could Give the U.S. Navy ..." Topic

…Some Impressive Capabilities.

"While the U.S. Navy has opted to press forward with plans to develop its Littoral Combat Ships into frigates, the service has other options to choose from if the decision is revisited during the Trump administration. One such design was on prominent display at the Huntington Ingalls Industries booth at the Surface Navy Association conference in Crystal City, Virginia, next to the Pentagon.

The proposed HII design—called the FF4923, which is based on the U.S. Coast Guard's National Security Cutter, would be a long-endurance patrol frigate that could potentially offer greater combat capabilities as well as range and endurance for a lower price. Company officials told me that they are building nine NSC vessels for the Coast Guard and a Navy variant would be a relatively quick conversion…"
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Yea, they said the same thing about the LCS, and the Zumwalt.

Fool me once or twice, but not thrice………

*looks at the National Security Cutter Wiki page*

…..$650-$750 million per ship for vessels with nothing bigger than a 57mm deck gun, no missiles, no torpedoes, nor any sort of phased array radar.

There's no way that will turn into a cost-effective frigate solution once real warfighting systems are added.

I think we'd be better off pursuing a gutted Burke-class, which would at least give us economies of scale and SOME parts commonality with probably the best success of USN procurement in the past 30 years.

Well Noble , We (spanish) would be more that happy to provide you with what you are asking for:

And yes , it is part of the new USn frigate contest…

Even if it is the best design, "Not Invented Here" is going to be a real problem to get past, Natxoman…