French Navy

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...

  The emerging frontier for potential combat between nations is seemingly the oceanic floor. Powerful nations are scrambling for dominance in this field. The threat of destruction of seabed assets, causing enormous damage and huge...

Marignane. 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 the SDAM demonstrator (Système de Drone Aérien Marine/ Naval...

Stuttgart: In a major development in undersea mine countermeasures, recent sea trials of a remotely operated underwater vehicle proved it is capable of neutralising naval mines, a new milestone for the Franco-British Maritime Mine...

Stuttgart: Recent sea trials of a remotely operated underwater vehicle proved it is capable of neutralizing naval mines, a new milestone for the Franco-British Maritime Mine Countermeasures program, French firm Thales announced. The program’s...

During sea trials conducted remotely from the command centre in Brest, France, Thales has successfully demonstrated the performance of the final component of its innovative mine countermeasures system – the remotely operated underwater vehicle...

  Mumbai: The second phase of the 21st edition of Varuna (Varuna-23) bilateral exercise between Indian and French Navy was conducted in the Arabian Sea. The exercise witnessed participation of guided missile frigates, tanker, Maritime...

  New Delhi: Indian Navy’s P8I LRMR ASW aircraft arrived at La Reunion Island in Southern Indian Ocean Region on May 9, 2022 on a five day deployment. During the deployment scheduled from May 9-13, the...

  New Delhi: The culmination of the 20th edition of the Indo-French bilateral Naval exercise ‘Varuna-2022’ took place on April 3, 2022. The exercise this year had an expanded scope covering a broad spectrum of...

  Marignane. Airbus Helicopters has begun trialing autonomous take-off and landing capabilities at sea for the VSR700, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) being developed in the frame of the SDAM (Système de drone aérien de la Marine) programme, conducted by the DGA (Direction...

  Naval Group is extremely honored to host the French Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly. This celebration marks not only the end of work on the six multi-mission frigates, but also the beginning...

New Delhi. The first part of the Indo-French joint naval exercise, Varuna 19.1 have been conducted off the Goa coast from May 1 to 10. The ongoing 17th edition includes participation of the French Navy’s...