Francesco Valente, president and CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, discusses its FREM-FFG(X) frigate offering for the US Navy’s competition for a new frigate, building the service’s Littoral Combat Ship and more during a wide-ranging, Jan. 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.