To wit: “Japan has established a joint public-private promotion committee in a bid to win a contract to develop a new class of general-purpose frigates for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of six have been procured through FY2024. Current Navy plans call for procuring a total of at least 20 ...

The new frigates will replace Australia’s existing Anzac-class frigates. Paul Garvey is an award-winning journalist with more than two decades' experience in newsrooms around Australia and the ...

The oldest of the nation’s Anzac-class frigates was retired last year and a second ship, HMAS Arunta, is scheduled to be decommissioned next year, although a final decision has not been made.

The JMSDF's second Mogami-class frigate, JS Kumano, seen here while it was at Changi Naval Base for IMDEX 2023. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat) In a bid to improve the Mogami class's anti-submarine warfare ...

Richard Marles, also serving as deputy Prime Minister, stated on Thursday that the three Anzac-class frigates - HMAS Stuart, HMAS Warramunga, and HMAS Toowoomba - were tracking the Chinese ...

The call came as Defence Minister Richard Marles slapped down one of his senior officials on Friday after he suggested a decision on the navy’s Anzac-class replacement frigates could be delayed ...

(VCG via Getty Images) The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned the first of its next-generation Type 054B class of guided-missile frigates on 22 January. Named CNS Luohe, the warship ...

This leaves the navy with a limited fleet of just 10 surface combatants , the majority of which are small and ageing Anzac-class frigates. The Royal Australian Navy's Anzac-class frigate HMAS ...