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The US Navy's new frigate will be based on the US Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter.US Coast Guard photo Following the cancellation of its last frigate program, the US Navy announced Friday that it is ...

When imagining an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drone, the mind usually conjures up a machine shaped pretty much like one of the existing types of aircraft, be them helicopters ...

February 7, 2026: The U.S. Navy has decided to base their new FFX frigate on the current Coast Guard Legend-class cutter. Ten Legends entered service between 2008 and 2024. Two more are being built.

A new Legend is joining the fleet of U.S. Coast Guard cutters. USCGC Calhoun departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., on Sunday. The national security cutter ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A commissioning ceremony for the newest national security cutter in the U.S. Coast Guard fleet was held at Coast Guard Base Charleston on Saturday. The U.S. Coast Guard ...

To some, the decision by the US administration to cancel the Constellation-class frigate programme and replace it with the new FF(X), based on the US Coast Guard’s Legend-class cutter, will be ...