Tokyo is rapidly acquiring missile-laden combat frigates to counter China and Russia in the East China Sea and the broader Indo-Pacific theater. MHI launched Nagara, the tenth Mogami-class frigate ...

Another frigate in the class, the future INS Tamala, is due to be handed over to the Indian Navy in Q1 of FY2025. Following the delivery of the INS Tamala, two final vessels in the class are scheduled ...

While the U.S. Navy’s first Constellation-Class Frigate (FFG 62) is under construction in the United States, Norway is showing serious interest in the guided-missile frigate, as well as ...

A future constellation-class guided missile frigate (FFG 69) will be named USS Joy Bright Hancock, a tribute to one of the first female officers to serve in the U.S. Navy, according to a Navy news ...

The first steel cut was made on the third Tamandaré-class frigate in Brazil. (EMGEPRON) Brazilian shipbuilder thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul (tkEBS) made the official first steel cut of ...

Another government watchdog, the Congressional Research Service, which released its latest report: " Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress," called ...

The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of six have been procured through FY2024. Current Navy plans call for procuring a total of at least 20 ...

The US Navy’s (USN’s) significantly delayed Constellation-class frigate could be ready to begin continuous production by May 2025, according to the USN’s assistant secretary for research, development ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Constellation-class frigate’s design should be mature enough for the shipbuilder to enter continuous production by May, the Navy’s top acquisition executive said this week.

MHI is pitching the upgraded Mogami-class frigate to the Albanese government, meanwhile, TKMS has offered its MEKO A-200 design. Under the decade-long general purpose frigate program known as ...

This file photo taken in Nagasaki in April 2022 shows a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Mogami-class frigate. (Kyodo) SYDNEY (Kyodo) -- Australia said Monday it has shortlisted Japan and ...

Japan has proposed vessels based on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's cutting-edge Mogami-class frigate, Canberra said, with a final decision set to be made next year. The frigate produced by ...