The French armament procurement agency (DGA) took delivery of the 'Arbalette' and 'Arquebuse', the first two new generation landing craft known as EDA-S. They were ordered in 2019 from CNIM for the French Navy and Army.
Italian photographer Giorgio Arra provided Naval News with pictures showing the future landing craft of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) being tested with Mistral-class LHD Tonnerre.
CNIM Air Space, a subsidiary of CNIM Group, and its co-contractor in-innovative navigation GmbH, have provided to Frontex (European border and coast guard agency) two airborne surveillance aerostat systems which are currently being deployed in Greece.
Following delays due to the COVID-19 crisis, CNIM and its partner Socarenam are about to launch the builder trials phase for the French Navy’s EDA-S landing craft program...
Amphibious warfare is evolving towards more contested environment and so are the platforms...
Blimps, airships and other tethered aerostats have been deployed for years to protect land settlements and conducts border surveillance. During Euronaval, French group CNIM...
The next generation of landing craft for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) known as EDA-S are taking shape at Socarenam shipyard in St Malo (Brittany) with CNIM acting as the main contractor.
French equipment manufacturer CNIM is right on track and on time to deliver a new generation of landing craft to the French Navy (Marine Nationale), having cut steel of the first EDA-S in October this year.
CNIM will deliver fourteen new landing craft (LCU type, designated EDA-S for "engins de débarquement amphibie standards" in French) to replace the the ageing "CTM" (previous generation of LCUs) in the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
