Browsing: Frigates

The Swedish Luleå-class frigate-programme has taken a significant step forward with today’s announcement from the deck of the Visby-class corvette Härnösand that the FDI-frigate will become…

The Dutch Ministry of Defence intends to procure new air defense frigates to replace the ships of the “De Zeven Provinciën” class. In spring 2024, the…

The three Zumwalt-class destroyers currently in service with the U.S. Navy could receive radar systems initially produced for the cancelled Constellation-class frigates. A Raytheon executive told…

In an interview with Naval News, Vice President for naval programs at Thales Defense & Security Inc. RADM Tony Lengerich (Ret.) and Vice President for strategy…

As part of a process started two years ago, the United States have now approved a German request for purchase of the AEGIS/SPY-6 AAW suite. Germany…

Xavier Vavasseur Xavier is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Naval News. He is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems…

The German Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) plans to purchase four MEKO A-200 class frigates as an interim solution until the potential delivery of the F126…

Today, the Hellenic Navy signed a contract to acquire four Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS for its Kimon-class (FDI HN) frigates. The first system, each system with…