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 ...

November 25, 2023: In the early 1980s, South Korea began developing and building its own FFX series of frigates. The first ones were nine ... In 2013 the first of six 3,200-ton Incheon-Class ships ...

At the beginning of June, the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy has launched its first improved Incheon-class guided-missile frigate, known as Future Frigate eXperimental (FFX) II during development ...

The frigates, scheduled to be delivered from 2020, will be a smaller light combatant and successor to the Incheon class frigate now in active service for ROKN, and tailored to the requirements of ...

The Philippine Navy commissioned its first guided-missile frigate and showcased American-provided unmanned surface vessels at ...

The ship, an improved Incheon-class frigate, not only has ship-to-ground missiles, but will be equipped with the usual array of weapons such as 5-inch guns, a close-in weapons system and anti-ship ...

The first two frigates of the class – ROKS Daegu ... The Daegu class is a larger variant of South Korea’s six Incheon (FFX-I)-class ships, the first of which entered service in 2013.

The German frigate Baden-Wurttemberg and replenishment ship Frankfurt am Main arrived in Incheon on Friday as part of the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024, a key German maritime defense diplomacy ...