Italy has signed a €1.5 billion contract with local defense champions Fincantieri and Leonardo for two new, upgraded FREMM frigates. Dubbed FREMM EVO, the platforms will offer enhanced capabilities ...

Federico Martinengo, the seventh multipurpose FREMM frigate recently delivered to the Italian Navy by shipyard Fincantieri, like all 10 ships in the new Carlos Bergamini-class FREMM frigate program, ...

Lorraine, the French Navy's eighth and final FREMM frigate overall, and the second of two modified for an enhanced air-defence role, has entered operational service. (Marine Nacionale) The eighth ...

The US Navy isn't the only force trying to shoot Houthi missiles and drones out of the sky. The French navy is among other allied forces working to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea. Last week, ...

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 ...

Key Points and Summary - The Constellation-class (FFG-62) sprang from a simple need: a real escort to free destroyers for harder jobs and spread combat power across more hulls. -By “Americanizing” a ...

Italy and France are finally ready to embark on a vast program to build a fleet of multimission frigates to carry land-attack cruise missiles and other advanced weaponry in support of European ...