Fincantieri Marinette Marine Corporation has beaten out some tough competition, winning a $795,116,483 Navy contract to design and produce the next generation small surface combatant, the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)). The contract
Working in close cooperation, Damen Shipyards Group, the Mexican Navy, subcontractors and suppliers have completed successful sea trials of the Mexican Navy’s POLA-class frigate ARM Reformador. Built at the ASTIMAR 20 naval
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has chosen a team led by Babcock International Group PLC as the preferred bidder to deliver the Royal Navy’s new class of warships, the T31 general purpose
As the competition to build the Navy’s new FFG (X) frigate heats up, Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisc., is bringing more retired After announcing that its board had named retired Navy three-star
A U.K. Royal Navy frigate has blocked an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to interfere with the passage of a BP Shipping tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. According to
Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen says that the Government has decided it is more appropriate to dispose of the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad, rather than to repair it. The frigate sank following
Lockheed Martin will not compete in the bidding to design and build the Navy’s next-generation guided-missile frigate competition, reports the U.S. Naval Institute. USNI news cites Joe DePietro, Lockheed Martin vice president
The Navy is moving right along with its plans for the FFG (X) guided missile frigate, issuing a presolicitation notice February 22 that said it intends to issue a solicitation under full
MARCH 26, 2018 — Rolls-Royce has received its first order for the new 16-cylinder engines in its MTU Series 8000 range. French shipbuilder Naval Group (known as DCNS until 2017) has ordered
JULY 10, 2017 — The U.S. Navy has now released its expected RFI for the next generation of frigates that will succeed the current Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). Now labeled the Future