that had investigated future frigate options The US Navy's (USN's) leadership has approved the establishment of a new programme office to oversee the acquisition of the modified Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) recently designated as a frigate by the service's top official, IHS Jane's has learned....
The U.S. Navy has selected a Franco-Italian frigate design as the basis for its next generation guided missile frigate, FFG(X). The ship will be European in basic design but with U.S. made weapons and sensors. The Navy will buy an initial 10 ships with up to 40 or more purchased...
” said Joe DePietro, Lockheed Martin vice president of small combatants and ship systems. “Built to US Navy shipbuilding standards, our frigate design offers an affordable, low-risk answer to meeting the navy’s goals of a
Illustration; Photo: US Navy Two days after Iran was unsuccessful in seizing a similar vessel in the Arabian Gulf, Jamaran (FFLG 76), an Islamic Republic of Iran Navy frigate, seized two Saildrone Explorer USVs operating near one another in international waters before returning the vessels t...
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The unmanned surface combatants are part of an overall fleet structure that has been approved by the Joint Staff, Boxall said, and includes both theNavy’s next-generation frigateand thelarge surface combatantthat will ultimately replace both the cruisers and the destroyers. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.