SWEDISH FRIGATES Sweden has ordered four frigates from France’s Naval Group under a €4.3bn contract. The vessels will be used primarily for air defence and ASW with the first due to arrive in 2030. That indicates a delivery date within four years of order. Acknowledgement Defence Contracts Digest CAPTURE OF UNCREWED SUBMARINE Iran has captured a high-tech uncrewed submarine from the US Navy which was on a covert mission to clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel was an Anduril Dive-LD submersible. The Pentagon admitted that the vessel had fallen into Iranian hands after it ‘malfuncti…
