The first of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s new Type 054B stealth frigates, Luohe (545), took part in its first official exercise in the Yellow Sea. It is worth noting that nearly ...

The 2025 Maritime Security Belt Combined Exercise ended with a naval parade of vessels participating in the drill in front of the Islamic Republic of Iran destroyer "Jamaran", northern Indian Ocean ...

Chinese Army or the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has sent the guided-missile destroyer Baotou (Hull 133) and the comprehensive supply ship Gaoyouhu (Hull 904) of the 47th Chinese naval escort ...

Tehran- Flotillas of Russian and Chinese military vessels have arrived in Iran's territorial waters in the northern part of ...

U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo A stop-gap spending bill that would fund the government for the rest of Fiscal Year 2025 cuts money for frigates and aircraft carrier programs while ...

SAS Amatola (F145) completed a seven-week Operation Corona maritime tasking which saw a diversion to Durban to pay South African naval respects to the newest guided missile stealth frigate in the ...

It is only the first step in the long-delayed process to replace the navy's aging frigates and the contract with Nova Scotia's Irving Shipbuilding is essentially a downpayment on only three of the ...

The government is ready to allocate a budget for the Royal Thai Navy to purchase two frigates, but the allocation should be limited right now, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Friday. His ...

The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of six have been procured through FY2024. Current Navy plans call for procuring a total of at least 20 ...

The JMSDF's second Mogami-class frigate, JS Kumano, seen here while it was at Changi Naval Base for IMDEX 2023. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat) In a bid to improve the Mogami class's anti-submarine warfare ...

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Type 26 and Type 31 frigate programmes remain on schedule for delivery. Responding to parliamentary questions from Mark Francois MP, Minister of State ...

The type 054B frigate, called the Luohe, is an evolution of the People's Liberation Army Navy's type 054A (Jiangkai II) class frigate, first launched in 2020. The new warship is not only the ...