The Italian FREMM Alpino underway off the coast of Virginia during its 2018 deployment to the East Coast. (Staff photo by David B. Larter) ABOARD THE ITALIAN FREMM ALPINO, Atlantic Ocean — The Italian ...

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 Staff ...

The Bergamini-class frigates for the Italian Navy are based on the Franco-Italian multipurpose European frigate design (Fregata Europea multi-missione or FREMM) the latest order is for a new ...

Both the Italian and French navies are taking deliveries of their FREMM frigates as part of wider surface fleet modernisation and expansion plans. The acquisition of two new Bergamini-class FREMM ...

The Italo-French FREMM multipurpose frigate Aquitaine sails off the coast of Lorient, western France, on Nov. 27, 2012. France took delivery of is fifth FREMM on July 18, 2018. (Fred Tanneau/AFP via ...

The laying ceremony of the first of the two new-generation FREMM “EVOLUTION” (“FREMM EVO”) Frigates for the Italian Navy took place today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Riva Trigoso. The delivery of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROME — Italy’s parliament has approved the planned acquisition of two new FREMM frigates with updated electronics and 132 ...

Naval Group has launched the seventh multi-mission FREMM frigate for the French Navy from a specialist facility in Lorient. Known as Alsace, the vessel is the first of the two air defence frigates ...

Lorraine, the French Navy's eighth and final FREMM frigate overall, and the second of two modified for an enhanced air-defence role, has entered operational service. (Marine Nacionale) The eighth ...

FREMM DA Lorraine, the eighth and final FREMM multimission frigate on order for the French Navy, starts its first sea trials. (Naval Group) The second of two Aquitaine-class FREMM multimission ...

PARIS, March 18 (UPI) --French shipbuilder DCNS this week delivered a third multi-mission frigate, or FREMM, for the French Navy. The delivery of the Languedoc was made to the Organization for Joint ...