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Video: How Naval Group builds FDI Frigates so quickly
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,
9 April 2026
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
On October 17, 2025, French shipbuilder Naval Group delivered in Brest the first defense and intervention frigate (FDI), Amiral Ronarc’h (D660), ordered by the French
The French Navy’s first defense and intervention frigate (FDI), Amiral Ronarc’h (D660), docked in Brest, its homeport, on 19 September, 2025. The first-in-class ship departed
On August 18, 2025, Salamis Shipyards delivered a new series of pre-outfitted sections for a third FDI frigate, this time for the French Navy’s second
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) confirmed to Naval News that it is looking at alternative “off the shelf” solutions besides Saab’s offering for the
