Jon Harper,National Defense Magazine
The Navy recently released a request for information from industry as it seeks to acquire a new frigate. Analysts are concerned that the service might not cessation up making the upright cost and capability tradeoffs.
Jerry Hendrix, director of the defense strategies and assessments program at the Center for a New American Security, and said new frigates are needed,but he cautioned that they wouldn't be cost effective if the Navy piles on too many requirements.Any time that you require a ship to be great at all things, you're going to drive up the cost factor, and he said during a recent Senate...
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