
French frigate ‘La Fayette’ reinforces the Fleet in the Atlantic
It is the first time that a FLF (frégate légère furtive – stealth light frigate) will conduct continuous operations off France’s Western coast coast. The
It is the first time that a FLF (frégate légère furtive – stealth light frigate) will conduct continuous operations off France’s Western coast coast. The
End of 2023, Naval Group completed the modernisation of the third and last La Fayette frigate (FLF), the Aconit, after six months of work followed by a series of dockside and sea trials.
French Navy (Marine Nationale) frigate “La Fayette” is back in the fleet and ready for duty. It is the second La Fayette-class frigate to benefit from a comprehensive upgrade program.
French Navy (Marine Nationale) frigate “Courbet” is back in the fleet and ready for duty. It is the first La Fayette-class frigate to benefit from a comprehensive upgrade program.
The French Navy’s first upgraded La Fayette-class frigate, “Courbet”, was handed over to the French defense procurement agency (DGA) on 13 September 2021 following sea trials. Meanwhile, upgrade work on a second frigate, first-in-class ship La Fayette, started on 4 October 2021.
FS Courbet is the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates (known as FLF for Frégate Légère Furtive – Light Stealth Frigate) to receive a mid-life update. The Commanding Officer of the ship and the program director at Naval Group gave Naval News a tour of the ship, focusing on the new upgrades.
The Republic of China (ROC) Navy will start upgrading the air defense and combat systems of its 6 La Fayette type, Kang Ding-class, frigates from 2022.
In 2017, the DGA awarded the contract to renovate three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates. Renovation work started this with the Courbet on October 5, 2020…
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) named the three (out of five) La Fayette-class frigates selected to receive a mid-life update: The three frigates retained for the comprehensive upgrade are: La Fayette, Courbet and Aconit.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced in Paris that a future Constellation-class guided-missile frigate will be named USS Lafayette (FFG 65).
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