How requirement growth complicates the Saudi MMSC

Had Saudi Multi-Mission Surface Combatant requirements still not been settled?

The account describes requirements growing beyond what the selected hull could carry, with detail limited by possible consultancy work.

Asked about continuing changes to Saudi Multi-Mission Surface Combatant requirements, Clarke limits his answer because of a possible consultancy relationship. He describes an initial standard-frigate requirement growing toward the capabilities of the Canadian Type 26. In his assessment, the selected hull cannot accommodate that ambition. Another participant connects the unresolved requirements with delays and with the difficulty of moving these ships out of the way of Constellation work at the same yard.