War is the mother of invention. Ukraine, facing a much larger and imposing conventional force, has shown itself capable of innovation and improvisation. In this
On September 7, 2022, the French Navy’s FREMM frigate FS Bretagne conducted a live firing of an Aster 15 missile in the Bay of Biscay.
The French Navy Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate FS Languedoc (D 654) and Italian Navy Carlo Bergamini-class FREMM frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) joined the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)…
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday hosted the Chief of the French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier in Washington, D.C., for a formal counterpart visit, June 23-24.
The French Navy kicked off anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise called “SQUALE” in Toulon on June 13, 2022.
At over 15,000 tons the Zumwalt Class are large by destroyer standards. Although there is plenty of wriggle room on the definitions between destroyer and
On 29 April, the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF – Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) was launched in Saint-Nazaire for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
On 29 April, the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF – Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) of the FLOTLOG program was launched in Saint-Nazaire.
French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique is set to launch the “Jacques Chevallier” on Friday 29 April. The vessel is the first of four new logistic support ships (LSS) known as “BRF” for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
Chantiers de l’Atlantique completed in record time the assembly of the “Jacques Chevallier”, the French shipyard announced on its social media last week…
