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French Navy Rafale M fires Meteor air-to-air missile
A French Navy (Marine Nationale) Rafale Marine fired a Meteor long range air-to-air missile. The firing, which took place on 18 June, was the first
25 June 2025
A French Navy (Marine Nationale) Rafale Marine fired a Meteor long range air-to-air missile. The firing, which took place on 18 June, was the first
During i-Naval 2025 event taking place in France, the French SME Alseamar signed a contract with the French Navy (Marine Nationale) to provide a batch
Design work on the French Navy’s next-generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) is close to complete, with the programme approaching a key approval milestone to transition
French Navy (Marine Nationale) Mistral-class LHD “Mistral” and La Fayette-class frigate “Surcouf” sail off Greenland’s coasts as part of the “JEANNE D’ARC 2025” mission. French
On 27 May 2025, the fourth Barracuda class nuclear attack submarine (SSN) has left its construction hall in order to be transferred to the DME
As part of its unmanned vehicles experimentation, the French Navy keeps exploring options for the use of UxVs (UUV, USV and UAV) in naval warfare.
French Navy vessels based in Brest recently took part in the first Wildfire counter drone exercise in the Atlantic. A similar exercise took place last
From May 12 to June 15, 2025, the French Navy conducts a major high-intensity operational readiness exercise: POLARIS 25. French Minstry of Armed Forces press
– On April 26th, 2025, off the coast of Toulon, a one-way attack unmanned surface vehicle (OWA USV) drone detonated against the hull of a
The French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has returned to its home port of Toulon (South of France) after a five-month mission in the Indo-Pacific during
