Royal Navy begins NSM anti-ship missile upgrade on Type 23 Frigate
Royal Navy's Type 23-class frigate HMS Somerset announced the commencement of the Naval Strike Missile upgrade works on January 30, 2022.
31 Jan 2023
Royal Navy's Type 23-class frigate HMS Somerset announced the commencement of the Naval Strike Missile upgrade works on January 30, 2022.
22 Jan 2023
Turkish media reported last week that the Turkish Ministry of Defense is in talks with its British counterparts regarding the procurement of Type 23 frigates.
17 Aug 2022
Babcock has started a post-life extension (LIFEX) on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll at Babcock Devonport’s Facility.
24 Nov 2021
Ultra announced 22 November 2021 the successful update of the Platform Data Management (PDM) for the Type 23 Royal Navy Frigates. The updated PDM system provides navigation and mission-critical data from sensors to numerous systems around the ship.
06 Apr 2020
HMS Portland becomes the first ship to be fitted with Ultra’s next generation Hull Mounted Sonar Type 2150 as part of a wider refit to the Royal Navy’s frigates.
17 Jul 2019
The Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Sutherland test fired four Martlet missiles against a fast moving surface target off the Welsh coast. Fitted on an MSI Defence 30mm RWS, the missile (also know as Thales LMM) is design to protect surface combatants against asymmetric threats.
29 May 2019
Following an extensive worldwide competitive tender, Lockheed Martin Canada was selected in 2017 to be the combat systems integrator for the Chilean Navy's three Type 23 frigates, leveraging its Canadian-developed combat management system, CMS 330.
08 Feb 2019
UK's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Underwater Electronic Warfare (UEW) Delivery Team (DT) is considering a "full technical refresh and modernisation" of the Magazine Torpedo Launch System (MTLS) Control System aboard eight Type 23 frigates in the Royal Navy fleet.
30 Sep 2024
The frigate Admiral Isakov was launched in St. Petersburg. This is the fourth vessel of Project 22350 for the Russian Navy.
10 Sep 2024
The Royal Navy announced that the first Mk45 next-generation gun has been installed on the first of the Type 26 next-generation frigate.