Paris has begun the process of designing a replacement for its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, with industrial lead Naval Group saying its successor will be “the biggest warship France has ever built”. French […]
Australia has sent two warships to take part in French-led naval training with other members of the so-called Quad – the United States, India and Japan. The French-led “La Perouse” war game will be conducted […]
The Royal Saudi Air Forces fighter jets arrived in Greece on Saturday ahead of their participation in military exercise Eye of the Falcon 1, which will take place in March. The F-15C fighter jets touched […]
The keel laying of the forward section of future Jacques Chevallier, the first of four logistic support ships (LSSs) being built under the FLOTLOG program for the French Navy, took place at Fincantieri’s Castellammare di […]
The first French naval cruise missile launch was carried out by the nuclear-powered attack submarine Suffren. On October 20th 2020, the Suffren, the first-in-series of the six nuclear-powered attack submarines in the Barracuda programme, successfully […]
The POM (Patrouilleur Oure-Mer, Overseas Patrol Boat) program was announced by Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, at the Assises de l’Economie de la Mer on December 3, 2019. It allows the restoration of […]
According to a Tweet released by Naval Group on October 9, 2020, the French shipyard Naval Group has started the renovation and partial upgrade of the French Navy Courbet La Fayette-class frigate. The French Navy’s […]
On September 21, 2020, the French Army Technical Section (STAT) performed the first boarding tests of the new Griffon Multi-Role Armored Vehicle (VBMR) aboard French Navy’s Mistral Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD). The Griffon prototype boarded […]
The FREMM frigate “Alsace” started her initial sea trials on October 5th, setting sails for the first time under her own power from the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient. “Alsace” is the first of two […]
The FREMM frigate “Alsace” is set to begin its initial sea trials in early October, Naval News learned from Naval Group, the shipbuilder. It is the first of two air-defence frigates known as FREMM DA […]
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