You reversed the builders:
Fincantieri built the Freedom class
Austral built the Independence class
Neither was a winning ticket, but had the Freedom had conventional propulsion (screws, shafts and rudders) it would probably have been workable.
Fincantieri has already provided 10 FREMM frigates which are now in service beginning 10 years ago. The Constellations are a subclass of the FREMM design.
If we "blacklist" major defense contractors for system failures, we can add the following to the list:
- Aircraft Carrier Alliance (BAE Systems, Babcock International, Thales Group, builders of the Queen Elizabeth class - propulsion issues)
- Austal USA (Freedom class - propulsion issues)
- BAE Systems/United Defense (M2 Bradley - live-fire testing found the initial design to be fatally under-armored)
- Boeing (KC-46 Pegasus - this nightmare led to the jailing of a Boeing procurement executive)
- Boeing/Hughes Helicopters/McDonnel Douglas (AH-64A Apache - initially delivered significantly underpowered)
- Ford Aerospace (M247 Sergeant York - canceled after failing 22 of 163 contract requirements, and 22 serious failures in operational readiness)
- Martin Marietta (Independence class - hull cracks)
- General Atomics (EMALS for Ford class development delays)
- General Dynamics Land Systems/Chrysler Defense (M1 Abrams engine damage due to insufficient air filtration)
- Grumman/Pratt & Whitney (underpowered TF33 engines cited as the cause of 28% of F-14 Tomcat accidents)
- Ingalls Shipbuilding/Bath Ironworks (Burke-class cost and scheduling problems)
- International Harvester/Caterpillar (M9 ACE hull cracks and transmission failures)
- Lockheed Martin (Freedom class, F-35 - crippling development delays and cost overruns)
- Newport News (Ford class - crippling development delays and cost overruns)
It's quite common for a major defense contractor to have very serious problems. Blacklisting everybody who does will result in no one available to make anything.
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