Browsing: Frigate

Japan confirms first operational integration of the PLAN’s Type 054B / Jiangkai III-class frigate into a carrier strike group formation. Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) announced…

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) held a delivery ceremony and a “self-defense ship flag raising ceremony” this week for the Natori (なとり). The event means…

French shipbuilder Naval Group on May 16 conducted the “technical launch” of the second FDI frigate for the French Navy, Amiral Louzeau (D661). A Naval News…

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is maximising frigate availability through developing its approach to maintenance and operations, the service has told Naval News. The details expand…

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, on May 11, welcomed New Zealand’s decision to consider the upgraded Mogami-class frigate as a candidate for the Royal New…

Contained within the Fiscal Year 2027 budget documentation, the U.S. Navy has laid out it’s plans for the new FF(X) program, seeking to rapidly field a…

Embraer delivered its first naval vessel to the Brazilian Navy last week after the frigate Tamandaré-class frigate Tamandaré (F200) was formally commissioned in Rio de Janeiro.The Brazilian…

India’s third Arihant-class SSBN INS Aridhaman and fourth Nilgiri-class frigate INS Taragiri were commissioned on April 3 at Visakhapatnam by defence minister Rajnath Singh. Defence minister…

The French defense procurement agency (DGA) ordered the fifth FDI frigate for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) from Naval Group. The vessel, to be named Amiral…

The Government of the Netherlands has decided to deploy the De Zeven Provinciën-class air defense and command frigate HNLMS Evertsen in the eastern Mediterranean from this…