The US Navy isn't the only force trying to shoot Houthi missiles and drones out of the sky. The French navy is among other allied forces working to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea. Last week, ...

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 ...

At-sea trials of the VSR700/SDAM were undertaken from the frigate Provence between 2 and 9 October. (Naval Group) Airbus Helicopters, Naval Group, and France's Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) ...

Bab-el-Mandeb, Gate of Tears, strait on April 10, 2017. The strait connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, and separates Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa ...

Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri has launched the FREMM Frigate, ITS Antonio Marceglia for the Italian Navy, during a ceremony at the integrated shipyard of Riva Trigoso in Genoa. "The launching ...

Federico Martinengo, the seventh multipurpose FREMM frigate recently delivered to the Italian Navy by shipyard Fincantieri, like all 10 ships in the new Carlos Bergamini-class FREMM frigate program, ...

Italy and France are finally ready to embark on a vast program to build a fleet of multimission frigates to carry land-attack cruise missiles and other advanced weaponry in support of European ...