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Video: French Navy’s New POM OPV for the Indo-Pacific
Naval News takes you aboard the French Navy’s first POM (Patrouilleur d’Outre-Mer) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), the “Auguste Benebig”.
11 February 2023
Naval News takes you aboard the French Navy’s first POM (Patrouilleur d’Outre-Mer) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), the “Auguste Benebig”.
The French Navy’s (Marine Nationale) Mistral-class LHD “Dixmude” and La Fayette-class frigate “La Fayette” left Toulon yesterday to sail around the world and through the Indo-Pacific for “MISSION JEANNE D’ARC 2023”.
French Navy (Marine Nationale) Mistral-class LHD “Dixmude” and La Fayette-class frigate “La Fayette” will sail around the world and through the Indo-Pacific as they set sail next week for “MISSION JEANNE D’ARC 2023”.
On January 05, 2023, The French DGA received the first “VFM” interceptor boat. It will be used by the French Navy for the protection of naval bases and critical assets.
The DGA validated the technical capabilities of the VSR-700 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during a maritime test phase in December 2022.
French shipbuilder Naval Group announced that the “Jacques Chevallier” started its sea trials campaign on 25 January.
France and Italy announce the procurement of close to 700 surface to air missiles of the Aster family. The contract was awarded by OCCAR to EUROSAM on 30 December 2022.
The lessons emerging from the war in Ukraine for Western navies range from the strategic to the tactical levels, the chiefs of the French, UK, and US navies told the recent inaugural Paris Naval Conference.
The chiefs of the US Navy, Royal Navy and French Navy discussed technology developments at the inaugural Paris Naval Conference held on January 18, 2022.
The heads of the US Navy, French Navy (Marine Nationale) and Royal Navy share a common vision on what interoperability is and the benefits that it brings.
