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
On September 26, 2025, the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) placed an order with Dassault Aviation for five Falcon 2000 Albatros aircraft as
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) achieved a breakthrough in global airpower this summer, successfully refueling mid-air from three French-made tankers – a historic first that
The French Navy’s first defense and intervention frigate (FDI), Amiral Ronarc’h (D660), docked in Brest, its homeport, on 19 September, 2025. The first-in-class ship departed
On August 18, 2025, Salamis Shipyards delivered a new series of pre-outfitted sections for a third FDI frigate, this time for the French Navy’s second
After providing an overview of the French Navy’s largest exercise, POLARIS, Naval News shares final feedback on the event and offers insights into the naval
The second French Navy’s Jacques Chevallier-class (also known as ‘BRF’) replenishment tanker ‘Jacques Stosskopf‘ joins her new homeport of Toulon in southern France. French Navy
Two CB90 fast patrol boats loaned by the Swedish Navy to the French Navy have arrived at the Brest naval base, Brittany, in western France,
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) commended the potential for carrier logistical support operations at a former U.S. naval base at Subic Bay in the Philippines.
At a private event focusing on France’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific, senior officers from the French Navy, including an Admiral, shared some details about Clemenceau
