The Indian Navy has already invested heavily in indigenous warship design through Project 17A, under which several ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its tenth Mogami-class frigate, JS Nagara (ながら), on June 29, 2026 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mogami class is capable of everything from surveillance to minesweeping operations as well as anti-surface, anti-air, and anti ...

January 31, 2026: At the end of 2025, Japan launched the twelfth and last of the Mogami-class frigates. Until 2023 Japan planned to build 24 new FFM Mogami class missile frigates, to be procured in ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has officially commissioned JS Nagara (FFM-10), the tenth Mogami-class frigate, ...

In August 2025, the Australian government announced its selection of the upgraded Japanese Mogami-class frigate as its new general-purpose frigate. Just one month later, on September 5, 2025, Deputy ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday to deliver the first three of a 10 billion Australian dollar ($6.5 billion) fleet of Japanese-designed warships, with the first ...

JS Mogami was commissioned in a ceremony held on April 28 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. Credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ...