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![House appropriators approve $833 billion defense bill, rebuking Ukraine aid amendment](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/7942991-e1718304284634-225x150.jpg)
Republicans defeated a measure that would have added $300 million to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, saying the previously passed supplemental funding covered that need.
By Valerie Insinna![Navy awards Fincantieri $1B for two more Constellation-class frigates](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/Building-34-e1681842275366-225x150.jpeg)
The award comes as the program, along with other major US Navy shipbuilding endeavors, have come under a microscope by lawmakers.
By Justin Katz![House poised to require ‘100 percent’ ship design from Navy prior to construction](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/Early-Frigate-e1681842466714-225x150.jpeg)
The more specific policy language would close apparent loopholes the Pentagon had been using and force a major change compared to how previous programs had been run.
By Justin Katz![Navy’s Del Toro orders ‘comprehensive’ shipbuilding review](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/01/240112_DVIDS_constellation_graphic_7888456-scaled-e1705070855328-225x150.jpg)
The Navy secretary didn’t say what exactly prompted the review, but the announcement came hours after reports of potential delays with the service’s new frigate.
By Justin Katz![Senate authorizers poised to pressure Navy on amphib fleet, threaten financial penalties](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230623_kaine_glasses_GettyImages-1258358370-scaled-e1687541031114-225x150.jpg)
The Senate panel backed up funding a $1.9 billion warship recommended by their House counterparts, but congressional appropriators remain a hurdle to buying the ship.
By Justin Katz![Construction begins on Navy’s first Constellation-class frigate](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/FFG-62-Fwd-Stbd-Iso-e1649262767988-225x150.jpeg)
The Constellation (FFG-62) is scheduled for delivery in 2026.
By Justin Katz![For Navy’s new frigate, design changes carry risks and rewards](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/frigate-scaled-e1642783780909-225x150.jpg)
Analysts say straying too far from a parent design can cause problems, but so can being too faithful to it.
By Justin Katz