Tag: French Navy
France gathers 6 allies for major Indian Ocean drill La Pérouse
France has led an international naval maneuver in the Bay of Bengal, in the Indian Ocean, which attracted six other allies for...
French helicopter carrier seizes EUR150M worth of cocaine off Sierra Leone
A French Navy helicopter carrier has intercepted 4.6 tons of cocaine in an operation off the coast of Sierra Leone.
France receives final FREMM frigate Lorraine
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) and the navy have taken delivery of the final Frégate Européenne Multi-Mission (FREMM) frigate Lorraine from...
Five carrier strike groups patrolling NATO area of operations simultaneously
Aircraft carriers and their strike groups from five allied nations will be operating in the Atlantic Ocean and the North and Mediterranean...
France officially joining Dutch-Belgian mine countermeasure ship program
With France joining the MCM program, the countries will once again be operating a common platform after all three previously operated Tripartite-class minesweepers.
French submarine Perle suffers second fire outbreak in 2 years
The French nuclear-powered attack submarine FS Perle suffered a second fire outbreak in a little over two years while undergoing repairs at...
French Navy receives first H160 helo for search and rescue operations
This interim fleet of H160s will enable the French Navy to perform SAR duties until Cheetah deliveries begin.
First of France’s next-gen nuclear-powered attack submarines enters service
FS Suffren is the first of six Barracuda-class submarines that will be delivered to the French Navy by Naval Group and TechnicAtome
French Navy receives newest component of its MMCM mine warfare toolkit
The French Navy has taken delivery of the newest subsystem that will form part of a wider mine countermeasures system of systems...
France launches first FLOTLOG fleet replenishment ship ‘Jacques Chevallier’
BRF Jacques Chevallier, the first of four 'FLOTLOG' fleet replenishment ships that will be delivered to the French Navy by Naval Group,...
