The use of the Italian-made OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun to destroy the Houthi drone allowed to preserve the larger and ...

eventually settling on the FREMM multipurpose frigate designed by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. By using an existing design as its basis and adding in US-specific modifications such as the ...

A scale model of the FREMM Evo frigate on display at Fincantieri's stand at Euronaval 2024. (Janes/Neil Dee) Fincantieri has started construction on the first of two next-generation FREMM Evo ...

The two new frigates are expected to enter service by 2030. Steel-cutting began on the first of the Italian Navy’s new FREMM EVO frigates at the Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard on 3 April. The two ...

Fincantieri has marked the start of construction on the first of two next-generation FREMM frigates of the EVOLUTION version, known as FREMM EVO, at its Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard. The contract ...

Along with the navy's Lupo-class frigates, the Maestrale vessels are being replaced by the Italian Navy's new, considerably larger, Bergamini-class FREMM multimission frigates – the ninth and ...

The Italian Navy’s first next-generation FREMM EVO frigate entered production on April 3, with a steel-cutting ceremony at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard in Genoa. The contract for two FREMM EVO ...