Video: Aboard French Navy destroyer Forbin during a missile launch
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) Horizon-type air defense destroyer Forbin successfully intercepted a AASM precision guided munition (PGM) launched from a Rafale Marine using an
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) Horizon-type air defense destroyer Forbin successfully intercepted a AASM precision guided munition (PGM) launched from a Rafale Marine using an
A second ASTER B1 New Technology missile (ASTER B1NT), developed by eurosam, was successfully launched at DGA Essais de Missiles test range, in presence of representatives
OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopรฉration en matiรจre d’Armement / Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) announced today that it has achieved Critical Design Review for the
France successfully test-fired for the first time the new ASTER B1 NT surface to air missile…

Thales and Elettronica will modernize the Electronic Warfare (EW) system aboard the French and Italian Horizon type air defense destroyers.
On behalf of the French and Italian procurement agencies DGA and SEGREDIFESA/NAVARM, the OCCAR Director, Mr Joachim Sucker, signed a contract for approximately โฌ1.5 billion with the
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali won the Maintenance in Operational Conditions contract for the Cavour aircraft carrier and Horizon-class destroyers of the Italian Navy

France and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the mid-life update (MLU) of the Horizon type Air Defense destroyers
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.
French Navy and Royal Netherland Navy successfully conducted a joint sea trial on Naval Cooperative Watch – Veille de Coopรฉration Navale (VCN) in May 2021.