The French Navy has taken a major step toward reshaping its maritime force posture. On June 17, 2025, a fixed-wing unmanned ...

The Constellation-class frigate was supposed to replace the aging Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates now in service. However, ...

On 17 June 2025, the French Defence has signed a framework agreement with Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group, for the ...

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR signed the In-Service Support (TLSM 2) contract for Italian Navy FREMM frigates programme ...

U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval ...

Italy and France will benefit from reduced maintenance times for their FREMM frigates by as much as 50%, according to OCCAR, ...

Greece is transforming its naval capabilities with a fleet of twelve advanced frigates, including eight state-of-the-art Belharra and FREMM vessels, establishing maritime dominance in the Eastern ...

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 ...

As part of the multi-year “FREMM” program aimed at the renewal of the Italian Navy's fleet through the construction of next-generation frigates, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Constellation-class frigate program, designed to replace the aging Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, is facing significant complications due to design ...

Unlike some European FREMM frigates, the Constellation- class (or FFG-62) will be a multi-mission design—virtually a ‘mini-destroyer’ armed for anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, anti-ship, and ...

Initially, 27 FREMM frigates — 17 for France and 10 for Italy — were planned for development with three proposed variants: an anti-submarine variant, a general-purpose variant, and a land ...