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Navy Awards $282.9M FF(X) Frigate Contract to HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding

The Navy issued HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding a $282.9 million contract award Tuesday to do lead yard work for the new frigate based on the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter. A P...

France orders fifth FDI frigate from Naval Group

The French defense procurement agency (DGA) ordered the fifth FDI frigate for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) from Naval Group. The vessel, to be named Amiral Cabanier, will be...

France orders fifth FDI frigate from Naval Group

The French Government's defense procurement and technology agency has placed an order from shipbuilder Naval Group for the fifth defense and intervention frigate (FDI) for the Fren...

France orders fifth FDI frigate from Naval Group

The French Government has placed an order for a fifth defence and intervention frigate (FDI) from Naval Group for the French Navy. The post France orders fifth FDI frigate from Nav...

HII secures US Navy FF(X) class frigate lead yard support contract

The US Navy has awarded HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division a $283 million contract to perform FF(X) class frigate lead yard support activities. The post HII secures US Navy FF(X)...

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding is Awarded FF(X) Frigate Lead Yard Support Contract

HII announced that the U.S. Navy awarded its Ingalls Shipbuilding division a $283 million contract to perform FF(X) class frigate lead yard support activities for the new frigate c...

Sweden picks French design for new Luleå-class frigates

The Swedish government has completed a down-select process, choosing France’s Naval Group as the preferred supplier for Sweden’s next-generation frigates under the Luleå-class prog...

Brazilian Navy commissions first Tamandaré-class frigate

The first Tamandaré-class frigate (F200), built at the TKMS shipyard in Itajaí in less than four years, has been commissioned into the Brazilian Navy fleet. The post Brazilian Navy...

Naval Group splashes French Navy’s second FDI frigate

Shipbuilding company Naval Group has launched the second defense and intervention (FDI) frigate ordered by France’s defense procurement agency, the DGA, for the French Navy.  The p...

Ukraine Claims Attack on Russian Frigate Admiral Essen

 Ukraine's drone forces claim to have hit a Russian frigate at a pier in Novorossiysk, along with one of Russia's rare hovercraft-like fast missile co...

Australian Government Seals Deal with MHI for Frigates

The Australian government and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have concluded a contract for the construction of three upgraded Mogami-class frigates for Australia's General Purpo...

Brazilian Navy commissions its first Tamandaré-class frigate

The Tamandaré frigate (F200), built at the TKMS shipyard in Itajaí (SC) in less than four years, has been officially commissioned into the Brazilian Fleet in a ceremony held by the...

Sweden to buy 4 new frigates from France

Sweden will purchase four new frigates from France to strengthen its air defense and maritime combat capabilities, the Swedish government announced on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. A...

Japan receives ninth Mogami-class frigate Natori

Japan has received frigate Natori from local shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), marking the delivery of the ninth vessel in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMS...

Indian Navy receives sixth Nilgiri-class frigate Mahendragiri from MDSL 

The Indian Navy has received Mahendragiri (Yard 12654), the sixth stealth frigate under the Nilgiri-class (Project 17A), from Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDSL) on 30 April 2026....

U.S. Navy wants first FF(X) frigate in the water by 2028

Contained within the Fiscal Year 2027 budget documentation, the U.S. Navy has laid out it’s plans for the new FF(X) program, seeking to rapidly field a new class of smaller surface...

Brazilian Navy to order four more Tamandaré-class Frigates

As the Brazilian Navy will soon commission its first Tamandaré-class frigate (a milestone set for April 24), Brazil’s President announced plans to order four more ships of this cla...

French Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in the Middle East

The French Carrier Strike Group transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday en route to the Red Sea, as part of a multinational naval coalition that seeks to restore freedom of navigatio...

Sweden to procure four frigates from France

Sweden chooses Naval Group’s FDI frigate for Luleå-class programme 

Sweden’s Ministry of Defence has chosen French Naval Group to supply the Royal Swedish Navy with four defence and intervention (FDI) frigates under the Luleå-class programme. The p...

German Navy to get modernized RHIBs for F126 frigate fleet

The German Navy’s F126 frigate program has reached a new milestone following a major contract amendment that will see the fleet equipped with modernized rigid-hulled inflatable boa...

Frigates, destroyers to see market growth despite dawn of UMVs

Crewed surface combatants – frigates and destroyers – will see a larger compound annual growth rate than in previous years, GlobalData finds. The post Frigates, destroyers to see m...

Indian Navy’s newest Project 17A frigate enters service

INS Taragiri, the fourth frigate of the Project 17A class, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam on April 3, 2026. The post Indian Navy’s newest Project 17A frigat...

Australia signs contract for three upgraded Mogami-class frigates

The Albanese Government has taken a major step towards delivering a larger and more lethal surface combatant fleet, with contracts now signed for Australia’s first three general-pu...