US Navy Scraps Constellation Frigate Plan as Delays Deepen
The US Navy made a strategic decision to terminate the Constellation-class frigate program due to major design problems and excessive construction expenses.
LCS News
Navy / Maritime
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Independence-class LCS Gets Palletised PAC-3 Launcher
Independence-class LCS, USS Montgomery (LCS 8), has been fitted with a M903 launcher for Patriot PAC-3 missiles without the trailer in a plug-and-play manner.
Land
Navy / Maritime
Greece Trims “Blinken Package”
Greece has refused to buy second-hand Freedom-class LCS and M2A2 Bradley IFVs due to the ill state of the equipment included in the Blinken Package.
Navy / Maritime
Hellenic Navy Considers Acquiring the 4th F/C FDI Belh@rra
The Greek Defence Ministry is considering acquiring the 4th frigate FDI Belh@rra as an LCS surface unit, and Coastal Patrol Vessel alternatives seem to fail.
Navy / Maritime
Greece Considers Freedom-class LCS Acquisition
Greek Parliament Member Tasos Chatzivasileiou disclosed the discussions with the U.S. to sell four second-hand Freedom-class LCS.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
US Navy's unmanned mine countermeasure system received IOC
The US Navy's Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) has declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for an unmanned surface platform.
Navy / Maritime
Malaysia to Resume LCS Programme
The Malaysian Cabinet approved the resumption of production of Maharaja Lela (Gowind)-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).
Navy / Maritime
Regional / Strategy
U.S. Navy Wants to Establish a Naval Force of Over 500 Ships’
According to the U.S. CNO the Navy needs a fleet of more than 500 ships to meet its commitments to the soon-to-be-released NDS.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
