Tag: Naval Group
Belgium, Netherlands cut steel for first of 12 mine countermeasure ships
All 12 modular mine countermeasure ships being procured for the Belgian and Dutch Navies will be named after port cities
France’s Naval Group delivers third offshore patrol vessel to Argentina
Naval Group remains on track to deliver all four ships to the Argentine Navy by April 2022, having launched the final unit in September 2021.
Greece opts for French frigate solution
The Greek deal is a welcome development for France after it lost the Australian Attack-class submarine mega-contract this month.
Australia axing French submarine deal in favor of US nuclear solution
Australia appears to have found a solution for the bumpy program to acquire next-generation submarines that will succeed the Collins-class boats currently...
France’s Naval Group updates frigate offer for Greece
Naval group is offering four new FDI frigates, along with two already built FREMM ships as a gap filler solution for the Hellenic Navy.
Australia mulls Plan B in sub deal with France in favor...
The Australian Navy is reportedly looking into the possibility of having German Type 214 subs delivered way ahead of the first Attack-class submarine.
France’s Naval Group launches third OPV for Argentine Navy
Storni is scheduled for delivery to Argentina in October this year, some six months after the second OPV - A.R.A. Piedrabuena - was handed over.
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.
Argentina receives its first brand new OPV from France
While Piedrabuena is the second of four OPVs to be delivered to Argentina by Naval Group, it is actually the first newly-built unit in its class.
France funds two more FDI frigates for French Navy
The fourth and fifth FDI ships are to be delivered by 2025, according to the French defense procurement agency DGA.
