Type 26 frigate

Global Combat Ship Program Expands to Four Members With Norway Entry

Norway has officially joined the user group under the Global Combat Ship program, a multinational defense alliance to build up to 34 modern surface combatants for the UK, Australia, and Canada.

Read More »

Norway Picks BAE Systems for Navy Frigates Order

Norway has chosen BAE Systems to build five to six frigates as part of its strategic partnership with the UK, Prime Minister Store announced.

Read More »

UK Transfers Retired Duke Frigate to Turkey

Turkey has procured the sixth Duke-class frigate from the UK Royal Navy following its deactivation from service.

Read More »

Australian Hunter Frigates to Receive Lift, Hoist Systems From Babcock

Babcock has signed a contract to supply lift and hoist systems for the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class frigate construction program.

Read More »

BAE Systems Begins Assembly of Fifth British Type 26 Frigate

BAE Systems has cut the first steel of the UK Royal Navy’s fifth Type 26 City-class frigate in Scotland, formalizing the start of the vessel’s construction.

Read More »

BAE Installing Mk 45 Gun on Royal Navy’s HMS Glasgow

BAE Systems has begun installing the Mk 45 naval gun system on HMS Glasgow, the first Type 26 of eight frigates the Royal Navy commissioned.

Read More »

BAE Systems Completes Second British City Frigate Float-Out

BAE Systems has launched the UK Royal Navy’s second Type 26 City-class anti-submarine frigate in Glasgow, Scotland.

Read More »

Rolls-Royce to Deliver Mission Bay Handling Systems for UK’s Type 26 Frigates

Rolls-Royce’s Mission Bay Handling System has been selected for Batch 2 of the Royal Navy’s Global Combat Ship variant, the Type 26 City-class frigate. 

Read More »

Royal Navy Vessels to Get Decoy Launchers to Counter Hypersonics

The UK is investing $170 million in trainable decoy launchers to better protect Royal Navy surface vessels against emerging threats such as hypersonic missiles.

Read More »