French Navy

Paris. The French Defence Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l'Armement) has signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space as prime contractor, in partnership with Thales, for a risk-assessment study of the future maritime...

New Delhi: The French Carrier Strike Group, led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier FNS Charles de Gaulle and comprising other French naval ships, is visiting India from January 3 to January 9 with port...

Paris: Thales will provide the French Navy with its first production version of an autonomous mine-hunting system by the end of the year as a first step to fully remote mine warfare, with the...

Washington:  France’s national shipbuilder Naval Group unveiled its first ever unmanned surface vessel designed to operate in conjunction with manned warships following limited testing alongside the French Navy. The drone, dubbed Seaquest and measuring approximately...

Paris: The pace of change in maritime warfare requires Western navies to innovate faster and work more intimately with industrial partners to defeat evolving threats, the heads of the French and UK navies said. Navies...

Paris: The European Union has started work on a next-generation combat vessel that could enter service somewhere in the 2040s, and the bloc’s defence ministers may sign a letter of intent (LoI) to pursue...

There is a silent acceptance worldwide and in maritime circles that the Indian Navy has got ‘the best bang for the buck’ on a meagre 13 to 16% of the Defence budget, ever since...

Brest, France: The French Navy has ordered an autonomous underwater vehicle from Exail that will survey critical infrastructure at depths of up to 6,000 metres, the company announced. The architecture of the new drone will...

New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft touched down at Air Base 125 Istres-Le Tube in France, marking its first-ever deployment in Europe, to participate in the 22nd edition of Exercise Varuna with the...

Vienna. The 2024 Olympic Games were held in France this year with the French Navy CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) Squadron securing the waters around Marseille for the Olympic events. The CAMCOPTER® S-100 are...

Vienna. The Schiebel Group is strengthening its European footprint by establishing Schiebel Aéronaval SAS in Toulon, France. The CAMCOPTER® S-100 has been in service with the French Ministry of Armed Forces since 2012. In order to...

Paris: France’s synchronised test firing of naval cruise missiles from a surface ship and a submarine 400 kilometres apart adds a land-attack capability for European navies that may be more difficult for air defences...

Tel Aviv: The navy of Singapore has selected the Israeli developed Blue Spear missile for installation on its Formidable-class frigate fleet which includes six ships. The Formidable-class multi-role stealth frigates are multi-mission derivatives of...