France and Sweden sign defence roadmap as Naval Group positions FDI frigate for Swedish surface ship programme A pact signed at the Paris Air Show has seen Sweden turn to the French FDI frigate to lead its next-gen surface combatant fleet amid shifting…

Sweden will procure four new future surface vessels, which are planned to enter service by the end of the decade.
The Luleå-class vessels (Luleå, Norrköping, Trelleborg, and Halmstad) will be approximately 100m long and displace about 3,000–4,000t, making …