BEIJING, SEOUL—The South Korean navy will assign its eight Leonardo AW159 Wildcat helicopters to Incheon-class frigates, bolstering a group of ships that have only modest anti-submarine capabilities.

A computer-generated image of South Korea's future FFX Batch IV frigate. (Hanwha Ocean) A grouping of several South Korean companies has begun a process to refine details for the country's future FFX ...

November 25, 2023: In the early 1980s, South Korea began developing and building its own FFX series of frigates. The first ones were nine 2,200-ton Ulsan-Class ships. These entered service between ...

Key Points: The US Navy urgently needs its new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigates to supplement the overworked Arleigh Burke destroyers and counter China's naval expansion, filling a decade-long ...

The U.S. Navy has canceled its original plans for the Constellation-class frigate program, limiting it to just the two ships already being constructed.

On April 12, the Navy held a symbolic keel-laying ceremony for the U.S.S. Constellation—the lead ship of a new class that will bring frigate-class warships back to the U.S. Navy after the service’s ...

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched the third of eight Daegu (FFX-II)-class guided-missile frigates on order for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN). Named Seoul (with ...