The office hours are part of Secretary Phelan's plan to avoid the problems that led to the cancellation of the ...

The announcement comes just over a week after Phelan canceled the U.S. Constellation-class frigate program, which was years ...

In his post, the Navy secretary said a critical factor in canceling the Constellation was "the need to grow the fleet faster to meet tomorrow's threats" and that the service's new framework put new ...

Continuing work on the first two ships, plus indemnities agreed with the U.S. government, would be worth $3 billion, sources ...

However, the US Navy still has a requirement for 73 small surface combatants. It is reportedly in the middle of a fleet design review to assess how the service will develop these—but given the ...

The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is calling on the U. S. Navy to “keep commitments made” by bringing more shipbuilding to Wisconsin ...

On December 9, 2025, Babcock International Group announced the keel-laying ceremony of the third Type 31 frigate, the future ...

The Constellation-class frigate will now go the same way as the Zumwalt-class destroyer and the Littoral Combat Ship—expensive programs canceled well before their time, at great cost to the taxpayer.

The Venezuelan Navy is designed for coastal defense and anti-smuggling operations—and would lose any full-scale fight against the US Navy in minutes.

Navy Secretary John Phelan said the move would enable the service to build other classes of ships faster. The Constellation-class has been facing delivery delays, design problems, and rising costs.