The Navy has provided the Office of the Secretary of Defense with a cost estimate on the future frigate being planned for procurement starting in fiscal year 2019, according to a program official. Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, the program executive officer for littoral combat ships, told reporters after speaking during a Jan. 14 panel at the Surface Navy Association's annual symposium in Arlington, VA, that the Navy had submitted the cost estimate to OSD on time. When he restructured the...
