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The French DGA orders the first seven vessels of the OPV program

On November 17, 2023, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) ordered seven offshore patrol vessels intended for the French Navy. This order is the subject...

FREMM-DA Lorraine enters active service with the French Navy

Admiral Vaujour, Chief of the Naval Staff (CEMM) admitted to active service, on November 13, 2023, the multi-mission frigate with enhanced air defense capability...

Naval unmanned aerial system tested at sea from a French Navy frigate

Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group, in collaboration with the French Armament General Directorate, DGA (Direction génerale de l’armement), and the French Navy, have tested...

Launch of the first phase of the European Patrol Corvette project

On 24 October 2023, with a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Organization for Armaments Cooperation (OCCAR) in Rome, OCCAR signed with the...

EXOCET exercise in the Western Mediterranean

From October 16 to 20, 2023, the major interorganic and interallied exercise EXOCET 23 was held in the Western Mediterranean. Six French and Italian surface...

Naval Group launches HS Kimon, first FDI frigate for the Hellenic Navy

The ceremonial launching took place in the presence of Sébastien Lecornu, French minister of the Armed Forces and his Greek counterpart, Nikolaos Dendias. The...

Croatia gets first Rafale aircraft

According to the Croatian Ministry of Defense (MoD), Croatia received the first of 12 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft from France on October 2. During a...

The Jacques Chevallier, the first BRF of its class, set sail from Toulon

On Wednesday August 27, 2023, the BRF Jacques Chevallier set sail for its long-term deployment, which constitutes an important step towards its admission to active service by...

French Navy receives the nuclear submarine Duguay-Trouin

On July 28, 2023, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) announced that they received the Duguay-Trouin, the second of six Suffren-class nuclear attack submarines...

The bow section of the 2nd LSS for Chantiers de l’Atlantique launched

The bow section of the second LSS (Logistic Support Ship) unit ordered from Fincantieri by Chantiers de l'Atlantique under the FLOTLOG (“Flotte logistique”) program...
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