Cost overruns led the U.S. Navy to scale back an order for modern frigates from a major manufacturer, but there's already a ...

The Announcement On December 19, 2025, the U.S. Navy announced its plan to introduce a new class of small surface combatant ...

The future small surface combatant ship will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries and based on its Legends-class cutter used by the Coast Guard.

Italy sends €2.44bn Navy FREMM upgrade plan to parliament. Find the latest news from the maritime industry on the PortNews website.

With the programme running to 2039, the FREMM warships are jointly designed by Italy's Fincantieri and France's Naval Group.

Thales and the Italian Navy are further consolidating their cooperation in Italy with the opening of a modern service centre at the Taranto Arsenal, dedicated to the maintenance of sonars and ...

Italy's government has asked parliament to approve a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.82 billion) investment over 15 years for the maintenance and modernisation of its frigate fleet, a parliamentary document seen ...

“The last Fleet was lost to me for want of Frigates; God forbid this should.” Lord Horatio Nelson, letter to Viscount Castlereagh, Oct. 5, 1805 The US Navy is hitting the reset button on its next ...

Abstract: Italian Navy is being equipping its fleet with the new FREMM class of frigates, developed under a joint program by Italian and French Navies. They are conceptually new war ships endowed with ...