Navantia has laid the keel of the F113 frigate “Menéndez de Avilés” at its Ferrol shipyard, reaching the milestone seven months ahead of the contractual schedule.
The MEKO A-200 DEU is intended to strengthen the German Navy’s capabilities, particularly in anti-submarine warfare.
Rohde & Schwarz Australia is working with BAE Systems Maritime Australia to deliver the communications system for the first three Hunter class frigates.
Thales details €450 million charge from German F126 frigate programme termination while raising 2026 order and cash targets
Germany is expanding investment in its navy as military threats in Europe increase. One of the most important programmes is the planned introduction before 2035 of the first F127 air and missile defence frigates.
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin has announced that it is closing the Klasse F126 frigate construction programme for the Deutsche Marine.
The Dutch air defence and command frigate HNLMS De Ruyter could play a role in safeguarding free passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Kongsberg and Navantia have signed a long-term agreement covering support, maintenance, modification and modernisation work for the Royal Norwegian Navy’s Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates.
Thales has signed a contract with Greece’s General Directorate for Defence Investments and Armaments to begin modernising the mission system of the Hellenic Navy’s Hydra-class frigates.
The Swedish Government has instructed the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration to begin negotiations with France on the procurement of four frigates based on Naval Group’s FDI concept.
Naval Group has launched Amiral Louzeau, the second Defence and Intervention Frigate ordered by France’s defence procurement agency, the DGA, for the French Navy.
Sweden has selected France’s Naval Group as the preferred supplier for its future Luleå-class frigates, moving the country’s next-generation surface combatant programme into a new phase.
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