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Naval Group Awarded Contract To Support French Navy’s Submarines
Naval Group and the Fleet Support Service sign a new contract for the operational maintenance of the French Navy’s nuclear attack submarines.
19 July 2021
Naval Group and the Fleet Support Service sign a new contract for the operational maintenance of the French Navy’s nuclear attack submarines.
The French air defence destroyer ‘Forbin’, which has been deployed in the eastern Mediterranean for more than a month, conducted an exercise with four French Air Force Rafales from a Projected Air Base in the Middle East, on July 12, 2021.
HENSOLDT UK will supply Kelvin Hughes Mk11 SharpEye surface search radars with combined HENSOLDT MSSR 2000 IFF systems to the French Navy “Patrouilleur d’Outre-Mer” or POM program being built by Socarenam Shipyard in France. The POM program provides six offshore patrol vessels for the French overseas territories.
From May 18 to May 20, the French armament procurement agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement – DGA) and the French Navy (Marine Nationale) conducted a test and experimentation campaign for automatic opening jump from an NH90 NFH (Nato Frigate Helicopter).
After 38 years of service, nearly 2,300 replenishments at sea, and more than 1 million nautical miles sailed, the command and replenishment ship – Bâtiment de Commandement et de Ravitaillement (BCR) – ‘Var’ left active service on July 1, 2021.
French Navy and Royal Netherland Navy successfully conducted a joint sea trial on Naval Cooperative Watch – Veille de Coopération Navale (VCN) in May 2021.
Following the announcement of the launch of the construction of four third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SNLE 3G in French) on February, Naval Group has signed several design and procurement contracts for the next generation SSBNs of the French Navy.
A Senatorial report indicates that some French naval programs will be impacted by latest defence budget update because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exavision supplies targeting electro-optical systems for naval remote controlled stations to the French Navy.
The French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) concludes Clemenceau 21 deployment and is back in Mediterranean Sea after numerous of missions and exercises including fight against Daesh and first ever joint exercise with the Royal Navy’s CSG.
