The UK’s Type 26 warship manufacturer BAE Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norwegian shipbuilder Hamek to collaborate on Norway’s future maritime requirements, amid Oslo’s ...

The Type 26 frigate programme, once hailed as a beacon of British naval innovation, has stumbled over a series of obstacles. These are not isolated incidents, but indications of wider failure which ...

The Royal Navy's newest Type 26 frigate is making its first journey down the River Clyde, carried by a giant barge. HMS Cardiff is the second of eight anti-submarine warfare ships being constructed at ...

The number of active Royal Navy frigates in the fleet has been confirmed - alongside dates for when they’ll be replaced. Type 23 Duke-class vessels are soon to be replaced by more advanced Type 26 and ...

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, centre, flanked by Norway's Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik, left, and Chief of Defence Eirik Kristoffersen, reports on the status of the purchase of ...

An artist's impression of the future Type 26 frigate. Norway is expected to acquire at least five of the type following a selection decision announced on 31 August 2025. (BAE Systems) The Norwegian ...

Norway just struck a major $13.5 billion deal with the UK to acquire new Type 26 frigates. The frigates specialize in anti-submarine warfare, a key operation in the North Atlantic. A NATO official ...

Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH-336) conducted a Taiwan Strait transit Wednesday, drawing the ire of China. The Canadian Joint Operations Command announced the transit at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday on ...

Canada-China relations faced challenges again as Beijing said Ottawa "undermined peace" in the contested Taiwan Strait by sending a warship there on Wednesday. Canada's military announced that HMCS ...

Norway said on Sunday it had chosen Britain as its strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates in its biggest ever military investment, in a deal worth some 10 billion pounds ($13.51 billion ...

According to British defense officials, the sale of five Type 26 frigates to Norway is the largest warship export deal in UK history. Norway has decided to purchase five “Type 26” frigates from the ...