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Spain Joins PESCO’s European Patrol Corvette – EPC Project
Spain has officially joined the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security (PESCO) European Patrol Corvette (EPC) project.
14 May 2020
Spain has officially joined the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security (PESCO) European Patrol Corvette (EPC) project.
After transiting the Suez Canal during the night of 10 to 11 May, the FREMM multi-mission frigate (Aquitaine-class) “Languedoc” has just returned to the Indian Ocean to relieve the air defence frigate “Forbin” in the AGENOR operation to protect European interests in the Strait of Hormuz.
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, South Korea’s defense budget remains mostly unaffected. Budget reductions in the “2020-2024 mid-term defense acquisition plan” will be limited to programs deemed as “non essential” and to a limited number of foreign procurement programs.
French shipyard Socarenam selected NEXEYA to supply the combat management system (CMS) for the future POM patrol vessels of the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
France is joining the European Union’s EUNAVFOR MED IRINI operation in the Mediterranean Sea, the French minister of armed forces announced today. Two frigates have been deployed.
Italian shipyard Fincantieri is set to launch the second Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura (PPA) vessel for the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) next month.
When the Marine Nationale’s latest submarine, Suffren (Q284) conducted its first test dives it grabbed headlines. What went largely unnoticed by the world was that a Russian ship had been loitering in the area.
Euronaval 2020 is set to take place 6 month from now. The occasion for Naval News to (remotely) sit down with the event’s general manager and ask a few questions about the largest naval defense exhibition in the world. Mark your calendar: The event is still very much on!
On April 23, Rosatom subsidiary FSUE Atomflot and shipbuilder Zvezda LLC remotely signed a contract on the construction of the nuclear icebreaker Leader (project 10510).
The third Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded by Dassault Aviation, Thales and Naval Group was delivered by DGA to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) at the Lann-Bihoué naval air base.
