When imagining an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drone, the mind usually conjures up a machine shaped pretty much like one of the existing types of aircraft, be them helicopters ...

Crew members examine a propeller of a U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class National Security Cutter, a design that is informing the U.S. Navy's future Frigate class. (PO1 Ayla Kelley/Navy) The U.S. Navy is ...

The US Navy's new frigate will be based on the US Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter.US Coast Guard photo Following the cancellation of its last frigate program, the US Navy announced Friday that it is ...

February 7, 2026: The U.S. Navy has decided to base their new FFX frigate on the current Coast Guard Legend-class cutter. Ten Legends entered service between 2008 and 2024. Two more are being built.

A New York City Police Department boat, foreground, passes the US Coast Guard Legend-class cutter USCGC Calhoun, during Fleet Week, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) The Department of ...

To some, the decision by the US administration to cancel the Constellation-class frigate programme and replace it with the new FF(X), based on the US Coast Guard’s Legend-class cutter, will be ...

An artist’s rendering of the proposed FF(X) frigate. US Navy image This post has been updated with a rendering of the proposed FF(X) design. The U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class will serve as the basis ...