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July xx, 2021 (Google Translation) – In June, the Directorate General for Armament (DGA) ordered seven new 10-ton class tug-pushers (RP 10) for the French Navy. This order, worth more than 8 million euros, now brings the number of units ordered to 22, for a total target of 29 units. These tug-pushers are participating in the renewal of the port…
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June 25, 2021 (Google Translation) – From June 6 to 18, the important annual naval exercise, dubbed BALTOPS 50, was held in the Baltic Sea. Sixteen NATO nations as well as two partner nations, eighty ships and four thousand people have come together to conduct this multi-domain training. On this occasion, three ships were engaged under the operational control of…
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June 6, 2021 (Google Translation) – The DGA delivered the 5th ATL2, renovated to standard 6, to the French Navy on May 21. As a reminder, two were delivered in 2019, one in 2020, and one in February. Another refurbished ATL2 is scheduled for delivery at the end of the year. By 2024, the 2019-2025 LPM provides for the renovation…
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May 26, 2021 (Google Translation) – From 23 to 24 May, the buildings of the JEANNE D’ARC (JDA) mission, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre and the La Fayette (FLF) Surcouf type frigate , carried out a joint navigation with the frigate Parramatta of the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea. The Tonnerre and Surcouf crews carried out…
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May 24, 2021 – Combined logistics planning by the French Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Navy culminated in ships from each country exercising its ability to sustain each other at sea. Throughout May, the French Navy’s Jeanne d’Arc amphibious task group conducted replenishments-at-sea with the U.S. Navy and JMSDF in separate events that the three…
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April 16, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) notifies the order of a second aerial drone prototype of the marine aerial drone system (SDAM) to the companies Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters. The SDAM, an on-board tactical drone, is intended for French Navy ships equipped with a flight deck. Once operational, this “drone-helicopter” will be a…
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March 15, 2021 (Google Translation) – At the end of January 2021, the DGA Flight Tests center of expertise carried out compatibility tests on the Thales Scorpion * helmet sight on the Cazaux site (Gironde) with the parachute evacuation of a Rafale pilot. This test campaign is part of the process of integrating this equipment on the Rafale to the…
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February 11, 2020 (Google Translation) – The General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has ordered mini aerial drones from the Survey Copter company for the French Navy. Called system of airborne mini-drones on board for the Navy (SMDM), these contact drones will equip patrol vessels and frigates. This order, for an amount of 19.7 million euros, includes the acquisition of the…
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February 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – Beginning of 2021, Merré shipyard has begun the production of the first Diving Support Vessel for French Navy. The first aluminium plate cutting took place the fouth of January 2021 with the deck plate in order to start building the hull upside down in the Merré workshop in Nort-sur-Erdre. As a reminder, Merre shipyard…
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November 26, 2020 – Following the first phase of the program in which two demonstrators have successfully proven their operational performances at sea, France and the United Kingdom marked the tenth anniversary of the Lancaster House treaties by signing a joint contract for Thales to start the production phase of MMCM to deliver eight unmanned mine hunting systems (four for…
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