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John Phelan: “We are basically canceled. The old constellation frigate…”

Featuring: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy | National

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Navy Secretary John Phelan Exclusive Interview at RNDF 2025

Published | Video Starts at 10:09

The president is basically moving out on a very big investment in the United States Navy. It's called the Golden Fleet. So we are going to be investing over $5 billion in unmanned strategies and ships. We are basically canceled. The old constellation frigate which was a very troubled program. We're replacing it with a new frigate that is American designed that we have built before that we will actually get out on time before the frigate we're currently building. (10:09–10:17)

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