{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_kxfg55huvmsbbpribo6a","title":"HII FF(X) Patrol Frigate Program Progressing as Navy Considers Foreign Options","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/hii-ff-x-patrol-frigate-program-progressing-as-navy-considers-foreign-kxfg55huvm","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_kxfg55huvmsbbpribo6a","seq":270470,"kind":"article","title":"HII FF(X) Patrol Frigate Program Progressing as Navy Considers Foreign Options","url":"https://news.usni.org/2026/09/27/hii-ffx-patrol-frigate-program-progressing-as-navy-considers-foreign-options","summary":"VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Both U.S. and foreign designs for the next small-surface combatant are under consideration after the cancellation of the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate, the new head of the Navy’s shipbuilding enterprise said this week. A foreign design study is running in parallel with the development of HII Ingalls’ FF(X) Flight I patrol frigate, which was announced late last year following the Constellation cancellation, Portfolio Acquisition Executive…","published":"2026-09-27T15:30:22Z","seen":"2026-09-27T16:18:41Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-news-usni-org-bd9dcc","name":"news.usni.org","domain":"news.usni.org","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q120128243","name":"Q120128243","type":"website","designations":["news website"]}},"via":"kite-news-usni-org-bd9dcc","topics":["maritime","foreign forces","news & analysis","surface forces","u.s. navy","ff(x)","fincantieri marinette marine","finland model"],"authors":["Sam LaGrone"],"entities":[{"id":"Q7257522","name":"Huntington Ingalls Industries","type":"org"},{"id":"Q559549","name":"United States Naval Academy","type":"org"}],"story":"st_kxfg55huvmsbbpribo6a","category":"conflict-war","category_p":0.27000001072883606,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.12999999523162842,"political":0.3499999940395355}]}