Euronaval: Thales Unveils the TSA-6000, a new IFF for FDI frigates
During Euronaval, Thales unveils more details about its participation in the French FDI frigate program, including a new IFF system...
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iXblue Delivers Navigation System for France’s 1st FDI Frigate
iXblue delivered last week to Naval Group, in the presence of Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, the cybersecure navigation system for the first Defense and Intervention Frigate (FDI) for the French Navy under the project management of the French General Directorate of Armament (DGA).
Greek parliament approved several programs for the Hellenic Navy
During a Greek parliamentary session on May 2, 2020, the special standing committee on armament programs and contracts validated several programs for the Hellenic Navy.
French Naval Industry Looks at Frigate Program & Drones as Potential Recovery Plan
Hervé Guillou, President of GICAN (the French Marine Industry Group) was auditioned on May 14. by the French Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces to debate on the role the naval industry could play in the French economic upturn.
Naval Group presents its industrial & academic cooperation plan with Greece
During an event at the French Embassy in Athens on February 13th, 2020, Naval Group unveiled its long-term cooperation plan developed to support the acquisition program of two FDI frigates (Belharra-class) for the Hellenic Navy.
DGA Hydrodynamics: inside the largest hydrodynamic test facility in Europe – Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, we presented the DGA Techniques hydrodynamiques, its missions and the numerous programs it is involved in. In Part 2, you'll discover the impressive facilities used everyday by DGA-TH engineers.
DGA Hydrodynamics: inside the largest hydrodynamic test facility in Europe – Part 1
On October 11, the French Direction Générale de l’Armement (Directorate General of Armaments) organized a visit of its DGA Hydrodynamics centre in Val-de-Reuil, Normandy. A unique occasion to discover the astonishing facility that greatly contribute to the optimal dynamic performances and low acoustic signature of the French Navy surface ships and submarines.
Naval News Monthly Report – Episode 9 – October 2019
Here is NavalNews.com's ninth monthly report (October 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
U.S. Trying to Counter France’s Frigate Offer to Greece with 4 MMSC
The United States is seemingly proposing four MMSC vessels to the Hellenic Navy as an alternative to the two FDI frigates deal proposed by France, a local media is reporting.
Naval Group Starts Construction of Amiral Ronarc’h – French Navy’s 1st FDI Frigate
On October 24, the steel-cutting ceremony of the first FDI (Defense and Intervention Frigate) took place at the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient, in the presence of the Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly and the Chief of the Hellenic Navy Nikolaos Tsounis.