WASHINGTON — To meet the U.S. Navy’s famously high survivability standards, the FREMM frigate design has had to hit the gym and pack on hundreds of thousands of pounds of muscle in pursuit of wining ...

The Italian FREMM Alpino underway off the coast of Virginia during its 2018 deployment to the East Coast. (Staff photo by David B. Larter) ABOARD THE ITALIAN FREMM ALPINO, Atlantic Ocean — The Italian ...

Rumors suggest that the contract for America’s next guided-missile frigates will be awarded as early as this afternoon. One winner will cheer the award of ten new frigates worth $900 million to $1.3 ...

The U.S. Navy has canceled its troubled Constellation-class frigate program after cost overruns, design flaws, and production delays, pivoting to the new FF(X) frigate concept. The FF(X) is being ...

January 23, 2023: The new American Constellation-class frigates are being built in the United States by Fincantieri, a successful Italian manufacturer of prefabricated ships. Constellations use the ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy has officially killed the Constellation-class frigate program, terminating four future ships and leaving only two half-built hulls in limbo. -Billed in 2020 as a ...

The US Navy has selected the design for its new FFG (X) frigate and explained why it is retiring four LCS ships early The new frigate will be based on the Italian FREMM frigate The American FREMM will ...

Shipbuilder Fincantieri Marine Group has announced further details on its plans to adapt its FREMM frigate, already in service for the Italian Navy since 2012, to design the U.S. Navy’s new ...

Jakarta has selected the Bergamini (FREMM) class design for a programme to procure follow-on vessels to the Indonesian Navy's (Tentara Nasional Indonesia- Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL's) two Martadinata ...

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

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 ...

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