House and Senate authorizers have agreed to include provisions imposing construction limitations on the Constellation-class frigate and Landing Ship Medium programs, in addition to slashing frigate funding, in their joint fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill . The bill, which would approve $895 billion for national defense, looks to forbid the Navy from spending FY-25 funds on frigate construction until the defense secretary certifies 95% of the ship’s functional design drawings have been approved by the designated technical authority. The...