The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is planning to send one of its frontline and most recent vessel, an Air Defense FREMM, to the next RIMPAC exercise in 2024. For this year's edition which started today, a Floreal-class surveillance frigate is participating.

On February 22, 2022, Naval Group started the first sea trials of the FREMM DA Lorraine, an important step before the frigate's delivery. For several days, the eighth FREMM to be delivered to the French Navy and second with enhanced air defence capabilities (FREMM DA), will undergo sea trials off the coast of Brittany.

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) multi-mission frigate (FREMM) "Alsace" entered "active duty" (admission au service actif in French) on 22 November 2021. It is the seventh Aquitaine-class FREMM overall but the first of two air-defense frigate in the FREMM DA (Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne) variant.

Naval Group today handed over the FREMM Frigate "Alsace" to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during a ceremony at Toulon naval base...

Naval Group today launched the multi-missions FREMM frigate "Lorraine". It is the second of two air-defence frigates known as FREMM DA and the final FREMM...

The FREMM frigate "Alsace" started her initial sea trials on October 5th, setting sails for the first time under her own power from the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient. "Alsace" is the first of two air-defense frigates known as FREMM DA (Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).

The FREMM frigate "Alsace" is set to begin its initial sea trials in early October, Naval News learned from Naval Group, the shipbuilder. It is the first of two air-defence frigates known as FREMM DA (Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).