Today we brief the Istanbul-class - Turkey’s I-class frigate - and explain why this 2026 update matters far more than the original rollout. We trace how the MILGEM program evolved from the Ada-class ...

Late last week, the Navy announced a replacement for the ill-fated Constellation frigate. The new ship would be “a smaller, more agile surface combatant designed to complement the fleet’s larger, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Navy's new frigate will be based on the US Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter.US Coast Guard photo The Navy will build a new ...

November 17, 2025: Poland has adopted the Arrowhead 140 frigate and modified it to meet the needs of the Polish Navy in the Baltic Sea. The British Type 31E frigates were the source of the Arrowhead ...

WASHINGTON (WBAY) - The U.S. Navy announced Friday a plan for a new class of combatant ships: the FF(X). This comes after the Navy announced late last month that it was canceling the ...

Bryan Clark appears on Mission Critical Podcast to discuss the new class of frigate the United States Navy wants, which is based on the HII-built Legend-class National Security Cutter. He explains why ...

February 7, 2026: The U.S. Navy has decided to base their new FFX frigate on the current Coast Guard Legend-class cutter. Ten Legends entered service between 2008 and 2024. Two more are being built.

(WLUK) -- Nearly a month after the U.S. Navy canceled an order of ships that were to have been built at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, it announced a new class of warships. The FF(X) is smaller than ...

The Navy will build a new "Golden Fleet" frigate class based on the Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter. Top shipbuilder HII will build the first vessel, expected to launch in 2028. The Navy canceled ...

Late last week, the Navy announced a replacement for the ill-fated Constellation frigate. The new ship would be “a smaller, more agile surface combatant designed to complement the fleet’s larger, ...