The Navy is pushing back on concerns about the built-in capabilities of FF(X) frigates, including the lack of a vertical ...

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HII should be able to launch the proposed new US Navy (USN) small surface combatant (SSC) meant to replace the cancelled ...

The "distributed shipbuilding" concept should reduce the time it takes to build the frigates, according to the Chief of Naval ...

Navy officials last week said the new FF(X) frigate, based on the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) design, will ...

A major announcement from Washington signals a new chapter in American naval strategy. We examine Secretary of the Navy Phelan’s unveiling of a next-generation frigate design and what it suggests ...

A new frigate design for the U.S. Navy is being developed on a Coast Guard hull form, rather than a warship. The FF(X) concept emerged with a level of detail specification and combat system ...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries on Friday signed a contract with the Philippine Department of National Defense to build two 3,200-ton frigates, bringing its total naval exports to 20 vessels. The contract ...

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 ...

Korea has clinched a contract worth some 850 billion won ($587 million) to deliver two frigates to the Philippines' naval forces, the state arms procurement agency said Friday. Under the deal, HD ...

Everyone who's anyone in defense should profit off the new Trump-class battleships, but Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics may make the most money of all. President Donald Trump is remaking the U ...

President Trump wants the Navy to build him some battleships -- and name them after him, too. The first "Trump-class" battleship will be christened USS Defiant and cost $9 billion -- or more.