Tag: French Navy
French attack boat FNS Améthyste visits US submarine base New London
FNS Améthyste is the first international submarine to visit NSB New London since the April 2018 visit of Royal Navy sub HMS Trenchant.
Australia hosts French Navy icebreaker L’Astrolabe on Antarctic mission
Australia is hosting a French polar patrol ship on its annual summer resupply mission to support research in the Antarctic.
France orders Thales helmet-mounted displays for Rafale fighters
The 400-unit order also includes deliveries for the F4 standard of the Rafale, which is expected to be introduced from 2022.
France pulls out of MAWS maritime patrol aircraft project with Germany,...
French official have reportedly decided to withdraw from a project that was supposed to develop a new maritime patrol aircraft together with...
French Navy receives fifth refurbished ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft
The French Navy has taken delivery of another Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft that are receiving significant upgrades under a program led...
French Navy exercises options for additional H160 helos
This interim fleet of H160s will enable the French Navy to ensure the continuity of SAR missions until H160M Cheetah deliveries begin.
Video: France tests M51 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
First deployed in 2010 as a replacement for the M45 SLBM, the M51 is now carried by all four ballistic missile submarines in French Navy service.
France receives first improved air-defense FREMM frigate Alsace
FS Alsace and another air-defense variant of the FREMM frigates will provide protection for French Navy aircraft and helicopter carriers.
France orders 8 more H225M Caracal helicopters, another VSR700 UAV
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has signed an order for eight additional H225M Caracal tactical transport helicopters for the French Air...
US, French aircraft carriers meet up in Middle East
This is the second time in 13 months USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and FS Charles de Gaulle are operating togehter in the Middle East.
