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The Constellation-class frigate was supposed to replace the aging Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates now in service. However, ...
Italy and France will benefit from reduced maintenance times for their FREMM frigates by as much as 50%, according to OCCAR, ...
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR signed the In-Service Support (TLSM 2) contract for Italian Navy FREMM frigates programme ...
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 ...
FREMM, or Multi Mission European Frigate, is the product of an Italian-French program which is coordinated by the European Union's Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation.
The FREMM (Fregata Europea Multi-Missione) frigate combines a sleek multi-mission, stealthy hull form with the endurance (6,500 nautical miles) of a long-distance performer.
The Italian sea service wants to backfill a gap after two PPA multimission vessels on order for Rome were diverted to ...
FREMM multi-purpose frigates are about 466 feet long, 66 feet long and displace about 6,600 tons. They have a range of 6,000 nautical miles at 15 knots and a maximum speed of 27 knots.
The French military’s Joint Staff released a video on Apr. 18, 2025, showing an action-packed engagement of a Houthi drone destroyed by an Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate’s OTO Melara 76 mm main ...
Though based on Fincantieri's FREMM-class multipurpose frigate — a French-Italian design in service with France, Italy, Egypt, and Morocco — it has several differences from its European forebear.
Fincantieri has proposed a version of its FREMM frigate, already in service with the Italian and French Navies, to be constructed by its US subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine—which builds ...
Italy has begun building its eighth FREMM frigate under the FREMM joint initiative programme. The first steel cutting ceremony of the eighth Italian FREMM frigate took place at the Fincantieri ...