Cost overruns, production complications, changing requirements, and substantial design flaws are among the reasons the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction began in August on the first of the US Navy's Constellation-class frigates. It's the first new frigate since the last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italy has signed a €1.5 billion contract with local defense champions Fincantieri and Leonardo for two new, upgraded FREMM ...

On April 12, the Navy held a symbolic keel-laying ceremony for the U.S.S. Constellation—the lead ship of a new class that will bring frigate-class warships back to the U.S. Navy after the service’s ...

Naval Group handed over Lorraine , the French Navy's second FREMM DA frigate and eighth overall, on 16 November. (Naval Group) Naval Group handed over Lorraine – the eighth Aquitaine-class FREMM ...

A keel-laying ceremony for the Italian Navy's first FREMM Evo frigate was held by Fincantieri on 8 July. (Fincantieri) Fincantieri held a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two next-generation ...

Recent naval operations in the Gulf have once again highlighted how rapidly the air and missile defence mission is evolving ...

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture owned by Fincantieri and Leonardo, has signed the Through Life Sustainment Management (TLSM 2) in-service support contract with OCCAR (Organisation ...

The laying ceremony of the first of the two new-generation FREMM “EVOLUTION” (“FREMM EVO”) Frigates for the Italian Navy took place today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Riva Trigoso. The delivery of ...

Summary and Top Points You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s next guided-missile destroyer, the Constellation-class, is set to debut in 2026. Derived from the European FREMM frigate, the ...