The French Navy’s FREMM frigate Aquitaine has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning the U.S. Navy’s “Hook’em” award, a prestigious recognition for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) excellence. This ...

The Italian Navy has taken delivery of its ninth Bergamini-class FREMM multimission frigate, Spartaco Schergat (F 598), from Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture between Fincantieri and ...

French shipbuilder Naval Group delivered France’s first Aquitaine-class FREMM multimission frigate enhanced with air-defence capabilities on 16 April. Alsace: the first of two FREMM DA frigates ...

The French Navy’s newest anti-submarine warfare (ASW) FREMM frigate, Normandie, has successfully conducted its first sea trials off the coast of Lorient. The trials were conducted by an industrial ...

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), has secured a $1.6 billion contract to deliver two new FREMM EVO frigates for the Italian Navy. As part ...

However, the third contender, Spain’s Navantia, has been identified as the least risky option, and likely the cheapest to build. With a decision on the Future Frigate contract due within weeks, the ...

The Constellation class has finally, and rightly, been canceled. Here are three ways the US Navy might make up for its absence. America continues to prove it cannot compete with its great power rivals ...

Fincanteri has delivered the multi-purpose frigate Emilio Bianchi to the Italian Navy, the tenth FREMM-class vessel to be completed under the European Multi-Mission Frigate program. The frigate was ...

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 ...