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The Constellation-class frigate was supposed to replace the aging Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates now in service. However, ...
On 17 June 2025, the French Defence has signed a framework agreement with Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group, for the ...
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR signed the In-Service Support (TLSM 2) contract for Italian Navy FREMM frigates programme ...
U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval ...
Greece is transforming its naval capabilities with a fleet of twelve advanced frigates, including eight state-of-the-art Belharra and FREMM vessels, establishing maritime dominance in the Eastern ...
The French military’s Joint Staff released a video on Apr. 18, 2025, showing an action-packed engagement of a Houthi drone destroyed by an Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate’s OTO Melara 76 mm main ...
The ninth ship in the ten-vessel FREMM frigate fleet was delivered to the Italian Navy on 15 April. Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo, handed over the ...
Reports have identified the ships as an Aquitaine-class FREMM ASW frigate, an air-defense FREMM frigate (possibly the Alsace), a Horizon-class air defense destroyer, a Suffren-class nuclear ...
The report argues that the FFG-62 program had a fly in the proverbial ointment from the start—in order to meet the Navy’s performance requirements, the basic FREMM frigate had to be stretched ...
The Navy selected Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s FREMM parent design in 2020 using the rapid requirements process developed by Naval Sea Systems Command. The service awarded the U.S. yard a ...
France's Marine Nationale deployed two ships to the Red Sea — the FREMM guided-missile frigate Languedoc and the Alsace, a frigate with air defense capabilities. The ships were deployed as part ...
The eighth French Aquitaine-class FREMM (frégate européenne multi-mission) frigate has officially entered operational service, the French Navy confirmed on 15 November.