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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.
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.
In a ceremony held remotely by video teleconference due to COVID-19 measures, Captain Yusuf Karagulle (Turkish Navy) handed over the command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) to Commander Gregory Guiran (French Navy) on Friday, 23 April 2021.
After entering the South China Sea, the ships of the JEANNE D’ARC mission (namely the Mistral-class LHD Tonnerre and the La Fayette-class Frigate Surcouf), conducted
The French Navy’s new strategic submarine, SNLE-3G is one of a new breed of Western ballistic missile submarines…
The French Navy Atlantique 2 “Standard 6” maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) reached initial operational capacity on 18 December 2020.
