The Navy is now estimating the costs of follow-on next-generation frigates will be near $800 million, edging away from the $950 million threshold it announced last year, the program manager told attendees today at the Surface Navy Association symposium. Regan Campbell said the savings have been a result of both cost-reduction initiatives suggested by shipbuilders as well as the program office examining how it can save money through the government-furnished equipment that the new frigate, called FFG(X), will have in...