U.S. frigates under development will be lightly armed and fail to deter rivals in contested seas. Adding a tactical nuclear missile or other strategically significant strike weapon would make the ...

Frigates are small ships that are agile, fast, and, in general, used for very specific roles on the battlefield. They are used for bombarding and capturing planets, ...

Norwegian frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310). Royal Norwegian Navy Photo. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s recent direction to the Navy to develop proposals for a “capable and lethal small ...

The Navy's new up-gunned Littoral Combat Ship called the Small Surface Combatant has been officially re-designated as a Frigate, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Jan. 15 at the Surface Navy ...

Construction began in August on the first of the US Navy's Constellation-class frigates. It's the first new frigate since the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class ship was built in the late '80s. While ...

THE PENTAGON – The Navy is considering increasing its future frigate’s anti-air firepower and may open up the frigate design competition to hulls beyond the current two small surface ...

The Navy’s Constellation-class frigate program, already delayed and hampered by design and construction issues, is heading ...

The Russian Navy will receive a new stealth frigate in late July. The ship does appear to be well-armed — especially as compared to the US Navy's littoral combat ships, a class of small surface ...

While historically it is perhaps the most common large warship, the US Navy hasn't a single frigate left in its fleet for the first time since 1943 ... and it's looking for a new one. So what will ...

Then, it will have more space and workforce to focus on the frigate. Bosak said during his presentation Congress has allocated $50 million in FY23 to bolster the small surface combatant industrial ...

Greece will deploy two frigates and one more vessel off Libya's territorial waters to deter migrants from arriving at its ...