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Keel Laid For French Navy’s Support Ship

February 13, 2021 GDC 0

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 […]

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French nuclear-powered submarine fires a cruise missile for the first time

November 10, 2020 GDC 0

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 […]

Europe

French to build six new patrol boats for New Caledonia

October 22, 2020 GDC 0

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 […]

Europe

Naval Group starts upgrading French Navy’s Courbet La Fayette-class frigate

October 16, 2020 GDC 0

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 […]

Europe

French Army’s Griffon Armored Vehicle Tested Aboard Mistral LHD

October 12, 2020 GDC 0

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 […]

Europe

French Navy’s First Air Defense FREMM ‘Alsace’ Starts Sea Trials

October 11, 2020 GDC 0

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 […]

Europe

French Navy’s First FREMM DA Alsace To Start Sea Trials In October 2020

September 15, 2020 GDC 0

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 […]

Air Platform

China copies US Navy’s E-2 Hawkeye AEW&C

September 3, 2020 GDC 0

China’s latest carrier aircraft may not be a fighter, but it will be the most important plane in the fleet. The new XAC KJ-600 airborne early warning and control aircraft, which flew for this first time this […]

C4iSR

U.S. State Department approves three E-2D Hawkeye For France

July 9, 2020 GDC 0

­­­WASHINGTON (GDC) – The U.S. State Department has approved Foreign Military Sale to the Government of France of three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2 billion.  The Government […]

Europe

Fincantieri cuts steel for French Navy’s logistics support ships

July 1, 2020 GDC 0

The steel cutting of the first of four forward sections for as many logistic support units LSS (Logistic Support Ship) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the FLOTLOG program (“Flotte logistique”) took place […]

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