Naval Group begins production on the Royal Swedish Navy’s first FDI frigate, the FDI Luleå, in Lorient just one month after the contract was signed.
Sweden and France have signed a landmark contract for four FDI frigates for the Royal Swedish Navy. Discover how the new Luleå-class warships will transform Baltic Sea defense and balance crewed capabilities with uncrewed systems.
The Swedish Luleå-class frigate-programme has taken a significant step forward with today’s announcement from the deck of the Visby-class corvette Härnösand that the FDI-frigate will
French shipbuilder Naval Group on May 16 conducted the “technical launch” of the second FDI frigate for the French Navy, Amiral Louzeau (D661). A Naval
In this video, French shipbuilder Naval Group takes us to its Lorient shipyard to demonstrate how it is able to build the FDI frigates quickly,
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) ordered the fifth FDI frigate for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) from Naval Group. The vessel, to be named
The first defense and intervention frigate (FDI) of the French Navy (Marine Nationale), Amiral Ronarc’h (D660), set sails today for a long duration deployment. This deployment is
On November 18, 2025, the French Navy (Marine Nationale) frigate Amiral Ronarc’h carried out a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the replenishment tanker (BRF) Jacques Chevallier. The event
On 14 November 2025, Major General Ioannis Bouras, General Director of the Hellenic General Directorate of Defense Investments and Armaments (GDDIA), and Pierre Éric Pommellet,
The French National Assembly’s Defense Commission has confirmed that the final two Defence and Intervention Frigates (FDI) will be equipped with significantly enhanced air defense
