Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits Australia, focusing on acquiring Mogami-class frigates and security cooperation, following controversy over PM Albanese's comments on a gift from Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi.
The German government cancelled a multi-billion-euro F126 warship order from Rheinmetall due to delays and cost increases, causing Rheinmetall shares to fall 13%. Instead, eight smaller MEKO A-200 frigates are expected to be ordered from TKMS, whose shares rose 10%. Over €2 billion was already invested in the cancelled project.
Babcock International's annual profits dropped nearly 20% due to a £140m charge on its Royal Navy Type 31 frigate contract. The company cited Brexit, Covid, rising material costs, and labor shortages as reasons for increased costs and a loss-making contract.
Canada is sending three naval vessels, including two frigates and a submarine, to the biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise (Rimpac) from Wednesday to July 31. The exercise involves over 25,000 personnel from 31 countries and will feature anti-submarine warfare training. Canada will also command the air component.
India's Navy will induct five indigenously-built naval platforms this month, including two Project 17A stealth frigates, a survey vessel, and two anti-submarine warfare crafts. These additions aim to enhance maritime security, combat readiness, and coastal defense, reflecting India's growing domestic shipbuilding capabilities.
The US Navy allocates $1.85 billion to study outsourcing frigate and destroyer design/construction, considering Japan's Mogami-class and South Korea's Daegu-class frigates, amid domestic production challenges highlighted by the cancelled Constellation-class program.
瑞典將斥資40億美元向法國採購4艘FDI中型巡防艦，以應對波羅的海安全威脅並提升海上防空能力3倍。此為瑞典自1980年代以來最大規模軍事投資，首艘預計2030年交付。
Japan’s Mogami-class destroyer appears to be pulling ahead in the race to become the next generation of warships for the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), in what would be another major deal for Japan’s defence industry just weeks after Tokyo announced it was lifting its long-held ban on weapons exports. Under its 2025 Defence Capability Plan, the government in Wellington has committed to replacing its two ANZAC-class frigates – launched in the early 1990s – with more capable, modern warships. The...
New Zealand is weighing the purchase of advanced warships from Japan or the UK to modernise its ageing fleet and bolster its defence capability. The South Pacific nation, member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network alongside Australia, the US, the UK and Canada, is focused on Japanese Mogami-class or the UK’s Type 31 frigates. Discussions are under way with the Royal Australian Navy and the UK’s Royal Navy about the frigate replacement and ongoing service arrangements, Defence Minister...
Japan has offered India design plans for Mogami-class frigates, the first time Tokyo has provided such a major weapons system to New Delhi. India plans to build the warships in domestic shipyards using Japanese materials, with each vessel costing approximately US$500 million and equipped with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles and torpedoes. The move aligns with India's push to localize defence production and enhance its naval capabilities as a security provider in the Indian Ocean. Japan's cabinet revised export rules on April 21 to allow such defence technology transfers.
The US Navy is studying whether to adopt or co-produce foreign warships—Japan's Mogami-class and South Korea's Daegu-class frigates—to supplement US production lines. The 2027 budget includes a feasibility study. If approved, it would be the first major surface combatant purchase from a foreign partner since WWII.
