On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, the French Navy’s Air Defense FREMM Alsace successfully carried out an Aster 30 anti-aircraft missile launch against a supersonic target fired from
Interview with Captain Xavier Bagot, Commanding Officer of Air Defense FREMM frigate Lorraine (D657) following the vessel’s deployment in the Red Sea.
A French Navy (Marine Nationale) FREMM frigate successfully intercepted three ballistic missiles in the Red Sea, according to the EU-led military operation EUNAVFOR ASPIDES…
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) Air Defense FREMM Frigate Lorraine returned to her home-port in Toulon on 2 August, following its long “duration deployment”
French Navy Air Defense FREMM Frigate Lorraine arrived in Manila Friday for a weeklong port visit in the Southeast Asian nation…
In what is rather unusual (but not a first), French frigate Lorraine, which is yet to be commissioned, took part in the evacuation operations in Sudan.
On Wednesday 22 March 2023 the French Navy’s Lorraine multi-mission frigate enhanced with air defence capabilities (FREMM DA) successfully fired the Aster 30 air defence missile.
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) took delivery of the FREMM Frigate ‘Lorraine’ from Naval Group on 16 November 2022.
The French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) mission “Clemenceau 2022” saw the first operational deployment of the new Air Defense FREMM (FREMM DA) Alsace.
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.
