WELCOME. Philippine Navy personnel render arrival honors for the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Toowoomba at Rivera Wharf, Subic Port, Zambales on Friday (Feb. 13, 2026). The frigate will be in the ...

Hellenic Navy’s Kimon frigate sails in the Saronic Gulf. Credit: ERT The Hellenic Navy ship Kimon, the first FDI HN “Belharra” class frigate—out of a total of four that will join the navy of Greece in ...

China continues to expand its fast-growing navy—already the world's largest by hull count—as it fielded a new frigate, state media reported on Monday, a type of vessel the United States, its military ...

In February 2025, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy conducted live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea, followed by Chinese aircraft carrier deployments to the western Pacific in June. Japan’s New ...

Meet the Navy’s new frigate. It’s definitely not the same as the old frigate. Following the recent cancellation of the Constellation-class frigate, the Navy has decided that the design for its FF(X) ...

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The Royal Australian Navy selected the Japanese Mogami-class frigate as its next-generation surface combatant this year in a historic deal, marking Tokyo’s largest arms export to date. Meant to ...

The U.S. Navy has decided to step back from its Constellation-class frigate program in favor of faster-to-build vessels and a new, American-designed frigate. That means the cancellation of four ...

Less than a month after killing the bulk of the Constellation-class frigate program, the Navy announced late Thursday plans to build a replacement “FF(X) frigate” based on a Coast Guard cutter already ...

The Navy will build a new "Golden Fleet" frigate class based on the Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter. Top shipbuilder HII will build the first vessel, expected to launch in 2028. The Navy canceled ...

On December 19, 2025, the U.S. Navy announced its plan to introduce a new class of small surface combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The Navy ...

Greece’s Belharra frigate Kimon, the first of its class to enter service with the Hellenic Navy. Credit: Naval Group Official Twitter Account Greece is approaching a major milestone in its naval ...