The Eradii-class frigate, operated by the Algerian Navy, is a versatile, multi-role frigate designed primarily for ...

Austal USA frigate design. Austal USA image. THE PENTAGON – The Navy is considering increasing its future frigate’s anti-air firepower and may open up the frigate design competition to hulls ...

Historically, frigates, such as 1741's aforementioned Medée, were not themselves lacking on the offensive front - the top deck could house over two-dozen eight-pound guns.

The use of the Italian-made OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun to destroy the Houthi drone allowed to preserve the larger and costlier ASTER surface-to-air missiles.The French military’s Joint ...

The frigates will be equipped with an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, Mk 41 Vertical Launching System, and Baseline 10 Aegis Combat System. Editor's Note: This story was updated to correct the ...

Navy officials say the future frigate Congress will be capable of air, anti-submarine, surface and electronic warfare. It will carry the MK 110 57mm gun and Mk 41 vertical-launch system.

A frigate attached to a naval flotilla under the PLA Northern Theater Command fires its main gun at mock sea targets during a 3-day round-the-clock training exercise in late February. The troops ...

The Department of National Defence has faced some tough, pointed questions about whether it has chosen the right radar, main gun and close air defence systems for the navy's new frigates, which ...

MUMBAI: India’s push towards indigenising the production of capital warships—large, heavily armed vessels—has gained momentum ...

Commissioned in 1985, the USS Simpson was a guided missile frigate, a jack-of-all-trades capable of anti-air, anti-ship, and anti-submarine warfare missions. ... Constitution was a 44-gun frigate.

In terms of weapon systems, Type 31 frigates will pack a 57mm main gun that will be able to take on threats in sea, air, and land, two 40mm Bofors guns, the Sea Ceptor air defense system, and a 32 ...

Knox-Class Frigate – McNamara’s ... which were armed with the Tartar Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) ... The main gun of the Knox class was the Mk.42 127 mm/L54 dual-purpose gun, ...