Fincantieri has signed an agreement to upgrade the Italian Navy’s Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura (PPA) multipurpose offshore patrol frigates into “full combat” systems. The effort, managed by European procurement agency OCCAR, will convert vessels in the […]
As part of a process started two years ago, the United States has now approved a German request to purchase the AEGIS/SPY-6 AAW suite. Germany will purchase eight complete sets to outfit the future F127 […]
According to media reports in Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC) Navy is reportedly considering Japan’s New FFM (also known as Upgraded Mogami-class or 06FFM) design as a possible frigate candidate. On April 15, 2026, […]
The acquisition of air defence frigates will revive a measure of blue water capability for the Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) and allow it to better contribute to NATO maritime tasks, the service’s most senior officer […]
In an exclusive interview with Naval News editor Xavier Vavasseur, Levi Catton of Leidos Gibbs & Cox showcased a new Corvette design based off their International Frigate, two variants of which are currently in production […]
At the TADTE 2025 exhibition, the Taiwanese Navy (Republic of China Navy – ROCN) displayed scale models of the two variants—Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)—of its next-generation light frigate, accompanied by explanatory posters. […]
ASFAT, a defense company operating under Türkiye’s Defense Ministry, has completed the country’s first-ever export of a combat ship to a NATO and European Union member state with the delivery of the vessel Akhisar to […]
The Philippine Navy has placed its second Miguel Malvar-class frigate, BRP Diego Silang (FFG-07), into active service following a christening and commissioning ceremony held on December 2, 2025, at Naval Operating Base–Subic, Zambales. The ceremony […]
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Exploiting the success obtained with the shipbuilding programme for the Turkmenistan Armed Forces, centered on the delivery of the Deniz Han corvette in August 2021, together with the two 76 meters OPV76 for the Nigerian […]
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