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More bad news for one of the ships (Constellation class) that Alan Williams loves to point to as an option to continuing with the CSC.
Navy's New Constellation Class Frigate Is A Mess
Endless changes to the base FREMM design have contributed to major delays and now "unplanned weight growth" could lead to a loss of speed.www.twz.com
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Could US Navy’s Constellation-class frigates share Littoral Combat Ship fate?
The Constellation-class frigates have been developed to replace the troubled Littoral Combat Ship vessels, which are being decommissioned.
www.naval-technology.com
Design immaturity and a US procurement tendency to stray from original blueprints could lead the US Navy into trouble with its Constellation programme.
The problem that occurs when everybody wants to leave their thumbprint on your project.