Daniel Brown
Neil Pickard, SVP – Land & Sea, Business Development and Future Programs said: “We’re excited to join Fincantieri on the U.S. Navy’s newest frigate program. We’ve been strong international partners for many years and now we’ll work toget...
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...
Campbell is in charge of PMS515, which has responsibility for the evaluation and initial procurement of the US Navy’s FFG(X) next generation frigate. The frigate will become the backbone of the navy’s future capability with 20 ships expected to be procured. According to Campbell, FFG(X) ...
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 to the US Navy the next day...
There are four active classes of Navy surface combatants. A fifth class, the Constellation-class Frigate (FFG-62) will be under construction starting in 2021 and is set to enter service in 2026. The active classes are as follows: Ticonderoga-Class Guided-Missile Cruiser (CG-47) ...
The US Navy has named the first ship in the new guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) class as USS Constellation (FFG 62).
In separate comments, Russia's defence ministry said it was tracking an Italian navy frigate after it entered the Black Sea on Thursday, Interfax reported. Sea Breeze 2021 will last two weeks and involve about 5,000 military personnel from NATO and other allies, and around ...
The U.S. Navy has deployed significant naval assets to the eastern Mediterranean due to the ongoing Gaza conflict. The exact location of U.S. ships is unknown, but they are almost certainly out of the range of shore-based anti-ship missiles. Hezbollah is equipped with anti-ship missiles,...
A U.S. Navy submarine has pulled into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.