China Launches Improved Type 054AG Frigate, More Hulls Coming
China’s Huangpu Shipyard has launched the first improved Type 054AG frigate for the Chinese Navy. Type features larger flightdeck and new main gun.
China’s Huangpu Shipyard has launched the first improved Type 054AG frigate for the Chinese Navy. Type features larger flightdeck and new main gun.

The Italian Carrier Strike Group, consisting of the aircraft carrier Cavour and the frigate Alpino, will make a visit to US Navy’s Naval Base in Guam, the southernmost small island of the Marianne’s archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
As part of the multi-year “FREMM” program aimed at the renewal of the Italian Navy’s fleet through the construction of next-generation frigates, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN) has signed a contract worth approximately 1.5 billion euro with OCCAR for the construction of two new FREMM frigates of the “EVOLUTION” version, known as “FREMM EVO”.
Admiral Akira Saito was appointed as the new Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) on July 19, 2024.
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Pakistan Navy press release Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Chief of the Defence Staff of
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) at the Indian Ocean Defence & Security Conference 2024 (IODS24) in Perth, Western Australia, revealed new information on the Mogami frigate-successor
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An MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAS from GA-ASI is once again supporting the U.S. Navy during RIMPAC 2024 maritime exercise.
The technical launch of the Domenico Millelire (P 436) the 7th Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura (PPA) of the Thaon di Revel class programme, was celebrated on 13 July at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard.