US Navy Considers Outsourcing Frigate Design with $1.85 Billion Study
Exploring Japanese and South Korean Advanced Hulls to Address Production Shortfalls
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The US Navy allocates $1.85 billion to study outsourcing frigate and destroyer design/construction, considering Japan's Mogami-class and South Korea's Daegu-class frigates, amid domestic production challenges highlighted by the cancelled Constellation-class program.
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The US Navy faces challenges in its shipbuilding program, including cost overruns, design changes, and labor shortages.
The US budget submission for the next financial year includes US$1.85 billion for a study on outsourcing parts of the design and construction of frigates and destroyers, according to media reports last month. USNI News, the news service of the US Naval Institute, reported that the study would look at the feasibility of adopting or co-producing advanced hulls such as Japan’s Mogami-class and South Korea’s Daegu-class frigates to supplement the US Navy’s overstretched production lines. Troy Stangarone, a visiting senior fellow focusing on defence industrial issues at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), said the cancellation of the Constellation-class frigates was “symptomatic of the challenges for US defence procurement”. He added that the programme had faced too many design changes and a lack of workers, driving up costs and delaying production.
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The US Navy will announce partnerships with Japanese and South Korean shipyards within the next 18 months.
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Questions ouvertes
- What is the exact timeline for the outsourcing study?
- How will the US Navy ensure technology transfer and intellectual property protection?
