Feds sign $8 billion preliminary contract for new navy destroyers while Parliament sidelined

[Dr Strangelove]

Eventual price tag for trio of warships expected to top $22.2 billion

The new warships, which are a bigger, modified version of the British Type 26 frigate design currently being constructed by BAE Systems Inc. in the U.K., uses a U.S.-designed and built combat management system.

"So, it is going to be comprised of systems from a whole host of different countries. And obviously … the main combat system, the Aegis weapon system, is coming from the United States, along with some other key elements of it."