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French Navy’s Upgraded Atlantique 2 MPA Achieve Full Operational Capability
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Europe
Nexter And Thales To Deliver Next-gen Rapidfire CIWS To French Navy In 2023
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French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier Now Supporting NATO Mission
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its air wing has started supporting NATO’s enhanced Vigilance Activities in the Black Sea region following a short logistical stop in Cyprus. The French […]
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French Navy’s First H160 SAR Helicopter Starts Flight Tests
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French Navy Tests E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aboard Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier
A U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft is set to conduct interactions with the French carrier strike group (CSG) and French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. This will mark […]
Defense Industry
U.S. Approves FMS of EMALS and AAG to French Navy’s Next-gen Aircraft Carrier Program
The United States’ State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to France of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.321 billion. According […]
C4iSR
Northrop Grumman Awarded A Contract To Supply Three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye To French Navy
Northrop Grumman has been contracted by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to manufacture and deliver three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) carrier-borne airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for the French Navy. Awarded […]
Europe
Amid Tensions With Russia, French Warship Visits Ukrainian Port
A French warship has dogged in a Ukrainian port. The visit by the French anti-submarine frigade to Ukraine as it comes amid mounting tensions with Russia reported Kyiv Post. East-West tensions are at a high […]
Europe
Naval Group rolls out second Barracuda submarine
French shipbuilder Naval Group rolled out France’s second Suffren-class (Barracuda) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), Duguay-Trouin , during an official ceremony at its yard in Cherbourg, Normandy, on 26 November. Duguay-Trouin was transferred from the construction […]
Europe
French Navy Commissions First Air Defense FREMM ‘Alsace’
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) multi-mission frigate (FREMM) “Alsace” entered “active duty” (admission au service actif in French) on 22 November 2021. It is the seventh Aquitaine-class FREMM overall but the first of two air-defense […]