On May 13th 2022, Al Emarat, the second Gowind® corvette ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Naval Group, has been launched in Lorient in presence of an official delegation from the United Arab Emirates Navy. In 2019, the United Arab Emirates ordered two Gowind® corvettes to be built …
Read More »Launching Of The Jacques Chevallier, First BRF Supply Ship For The French Navy
On 29 April, the first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF – Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) of the FLOTLOG program was launched in Saint-Nazaire. The Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces (BRF) Jacques Chevallier is the first of a series of four ships intended for the French Navy. The …
Read More »Naval Group Delivers The 4th And Final OPV 87 To Argentina
The last of the four Argentinian offshore patrol vessel (OPV), OPV 87 A.R.A. Contraalmirante Cordero, was delivered today (13 April) to the Argentine Navy. The delivery and commandment handover ceremony of the last vessel of the series marks the completion of a successful program. A.R.A. Contraalmirante Cordero has been delivered …
Read More »Greece And Naval Group Ink Contract For 3 FDI HN Frigates
On March 24, 2022, Greece and Naval Group signed the contracts for three defence and intervention frigates, plus one optional, and their in-service support. Two FDI HN (Hellenic Navy) will be delivered in 2025 and the third one in 2026. A new step in the strategic partnership with Greece In …
Read More »Naval Group and Icarus Swarms announce their collaboration to develop new applications for drone swarms
Naval Group and the start-up Icarus Swarms, part of Dronisos, have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop drone swarm solutions for navies. A promising technology The fight against asymmetric warfare is one of the major concerns of 21st century navies. Drone swarms or robot swarms represent both a threat …
Read More »First sea trial for the FREMM DA Lorraine, the tenth and last of the multi-mission frigate series
Naval Group started the first sea trials of the FREMM DA Lorraine, an important step before the frigate’s delivery. For several days, the eighth FREMM to be delivered to the French Navy and second with enhanced air defence capabilities (FREMM DA), will undergo sea trials off the coast of Brittany. …
Read More »Naval Group and PT PAL strengthen their cooperation
On February 10h 2022, Pierre Eric Pommellet, Naval Group’s Chief Executive Officer and Kaharuddin Djenod, PT PAL’s Chief Executive Officer signed a Memorandum of Understanding in presence of General Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian Minister of Defence and Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces. Naval Group and PT PAL signed …
Read More »Naval Group lays the keel of the first defence and intervention frigate (FDI)
On Thursday 16 December in Lorient, Naval Group laid the keel of the first defence and intervention frigate ordered by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and destined to the French Navy. This step marks the beginning of the assembly of the ship in the construction hall. The frigate will …
Read More »Fincantieri, Naval Group, Naviris, Navantia: industrial offer for the Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette submitted
Fincantieri, Naval Group, with their joint-venture Naviris, and Navantia boost their cooperation for the Modular Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC) program and reaffirm their will to work together in order to develop the first common naval capability in Europe. In this context, a consortium led by Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia …
Read More »Naval Group launches the first Gowind® corvette for the United Arab Emirates Navy
In 2019, the United Arab Emirates ordered two Gowind® corvettes to be built in France. The first corvette, Bani Yas, was launched today in the Naval Group Lorient shipyard in presence of His Highness Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al-Nahyan. The second corvette is already under construction and will be launched …
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