The first official video of the Damavand-2 frigate, which left the Bandar Anzeli port for its first sea voyage experience in recent weeks, has been released by Iranian media. The… Continue reading "Iran’s Damavand-2 Frigate Undergoing Sea Trials"
TCG ISTANBUL (F-515), the first ship of the MİLGEM İstif (İ) Class Frigate Project left the port for its first sea cruise experience last week after the flag hoisting ceremony… Continue reading "Turkey’s First National Frigate TCG ISTANBUL Begins Sea Trials"
The second of four MEKO A-200 EN frigates built by German Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems for the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Navy (Al-Quwwāt al-Bahareya al-Miṣriyya) arrived at the Alexandria naval base… Continue reading "The Egyptian Navy Commissions Second Meko A-200 EN Type Frigate"
An audit by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) into the Department of Defence’s procurement of Hunter class frigates and naval shipbuilding program, revealed a lack of a “value for… Continue reading "Scathing Audit into Australian Department of Defence Procurement of Hunter Class Frigates Shows a Lack of “Value for Money Focus”"
On 21 December, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries held a christening and launching ceremony for JS Agano at the company’s Nagasaki Shipyard. The sixth 3,900-ton Mogami-class multi-role frigate will begin fitting out… Continue reading "Mitsubishi Launches JS Agano, Japan’s Sixth Mogami-class Stealth Frigate"
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems of Germany delivered the first MEKO A-200 EN frigate “Al-Aziz” (904) to the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Navy (El-Quwwāt el-Bahareya el-Miṣriyya). The ceremony took place at the… Continue reading "The Egyptian Navy Receives Its First Meko A-200 EN Type Frigate"
On 4 October, Polish Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak and his British equivalent Defence Secretary Ben Wallace signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Air Defence Complex Weapons and a… Continue reading "Poland and UK Sign Agreements on Frigates, Missiles and Air Defense"
On Wednesday, July 13, the French company Naval Group announced that construction of the second FDI Belharra (Defence and Intervention Frigate / Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention) for the Greek… Continue reading "Naval Group Begins Construction of Greece’s 2nd FDI Belharra class Frigate"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week saw Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and much of our coverage… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (28 February – 4 March)"
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February the fate of the Hetman Sahaidachny (F130) has remained unclear. Open source intelligence and satellite image analysis appears to confirm… Continue reading "The Fate of Ukraine’s Flagship Frigate"