The two new frigates are expected to enter service by 2030. Steel-cutting began on the first of the Italian Navy’s new FREMM EVO frigates at the Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard on 3 April. The two ...

Fincantieri has started construction on the Italian Navy’s first of two next-generation FREMM frigates, known as the "EVOLUTION" version or FREMM EVO. The milestone was marked with a steel ...

The European Organisation for Joint Armament Production (OCCAR) agency has said that a contract for a further two FREMM frigates in the “enhanced configuration” will be signed in July 2024 ...

The Italian Navy has taken delivery of its ninth Bergamini-class FREMM multimission frigate, Spartaco Schergat (F 598), from Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture between Fincantieri ...