French FREMM Frigate ‘Lorraine’ Calls in the Philippines
French Navy Air Defense FREMM Frigate Lorraine arrived in Manila Friday for a weeklong port visit in the Southeast Asian nation…
French Navy Air Defense FREMM Frigate Lorraine arrived in Manila Friday for a weeklong port visit in the Southeast Asian nation…

France and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the mid-life update (MLU) of the Horizon type Air Defense destroyers
The HELMA-P laser weapon system was successfully tested aboard French Navy Horizon type Air Defense destroyer Forbin.
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Vice Adm. Gene Black, hosted French Chief of…
Ships from the navies of Japan, France and Canada joined two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups to operate as a unified force in the Philippine Sea, June 9.
European navies may need to provide at-sea presence in key European waters – and further afield, into the Indian Ocean and beyond – to add mass in these regions…
The U.S. 5th Fleet commander transited the Strait of Hormuz aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) with naval counterparts from France and the United Kingdom, May 19.
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.

The French Defense Procurement Agency DGA took delivery of the eleventh Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 on April 6, 2023.
On April 3, 2023, the French Navy’s new overseas patrol vessel (POM) Auguste Bénébig arrived in Nouméa, its new homeport.