The French Navy (Marine Nationale) and French Armament General Directorate (DGA) started trials of the Thales CAPTAS-1 variable depth sonar (VDS) aboard Loire-class offshore support and assistance vessel (BSAM) “Garonne” off Brest, in Brittany.
The Republic of China Navy (ROC Navy, Taiwan) has started a program to upgrade the decoy launchers aboard its French-built Kang Ding-class frigates. Following the upgrade, the DAGAIE MK2 launchers will be able to deploy next gen countermeasures which will better protect the vessels against modern anti-ship missiles.
On October 11, the French Direction Générale de l’Armement (Directorate General of Armaments) organized a visit of its DGA Hydrodynamics centre in Val-de-Reuil, Normandy. A unique occasion to discover the astonishing facility that greatly contribute to the optimal dynamic performances and low acoustic signature of the French Navy surface ships and submarines.
French pyrotechnics specialist Lacroix plans to set up operations to support Australian Industry Capability with its tailor-made naval solutions for RAN programs.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) commissioned its third Metropolitan Offshore Support & Assistance Vessel (BSAM) on July 24, 2019. The BSAM ‘Seine’ is the third of four ships of a class designed and built by Kership.
Naval Group will exhibit for the first time at FAMEX, the Aerospace Mexico Fair, held from April 24 to 27, 2019 at the main military air base of the country, located in Santa Lucia. Naval News took the opportunity to sit down with Naval Group’s Olivier Michel, Vice President Sales Latin America, and Nicolas Viala, Corporate Sales Director Latin America.
Singapore’s Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen, Senior Minister of State for Defence Mr Heng Chee How and Senior Minister of State for Defence Dr Mohamad Maliki bin Osman outlined MINDEF’s focus areas for the coming year at MINDEF’s Committee of Supply (COS) debate in Parliament on Friday, 1 March 2019.
The French Navy’s (Marine Nationale) Mistral-class LHD “Dixmude” and La Fayette-class frigate “La Fayette” left Toulon yesterday to sail around the world and through the Indo-Pacific for “MISSION JEANNE D’ARC 2023”.
French Navy (Marine Nationale) Mistral-class LHD “Dixmude” and La Fayette-class frigate “La Fayette” will sail around the world and through the Indo-Pacific as they set sail next week for “MISSION JEANNE D’ARC 2023”.
On December 27, 2022, French Navy’s La Fayette-class frigate, FS Guépratte (F714), seized a huge amount of illegal drugs from a fishing vessel in the international waters of the North Arabian Sea. FS Guépratte (F714) carried out the operation under CTF 150 mission, a part of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), a multinational maritime partnership located in Bahrain.
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