Germany Completes Participation in Neptune Strike 2023.1
Since 2021, NATO has been demonstrating its ability to work from the Mediterranean to the Alliance’s north-eastern flank in the Baltic Sea region. Above all, US aircraft carriers are involved,…
FS Arago’s PACIFIC AITO Mission Detailed
From January 23 to February 17, the patrol boat Arago contributed to strengthening maritime security off French Polynesia as part of the PACIFIC AITO mission. To do this, the French…
Assessment of the Recent Charles de Gaulle Deployment
For nearly 110 days, the Naval Air Group (GAN) articulated around the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle was deployed as part of the ANTARES mission. The 3,000 French and allied…
First NBC Washdown Test on a Class 125 Frigate
Functioning processes on board a warship are particularly important in the ABC Atomic, Biological, Chemical-Defense essential and an important building block for operational capability. At the beginning of February, the…
Naval Aviation Survival Training Program Recognized at NAWCAD Award Ceremony
The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges program office (PMA-205) Naval Aviation Survival Training Program (NASTP) team received a Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Commander’s Award for acquisition…
ORION 23 – Task Force 471 Put to the Test
It is between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sunday March 5, a few dozen nautical miles from Toulon. A FREMM engaged in the ORION 23 exercise is the victim…
Collecting Plankton for Scientific Purposes From a Navy Vessel
From February 20 to 23, 2023, the Rhône metropolitan support and assistance building (BSAM) hosted scientists from the Plankton Planet project and the Ocean Institute of Sorbonne University for four…
Defense Artificial Intelligence Research Network Contracts Signed
Defense has signed contracts with the University of South Australia and Deakin University for two research projects which will use artificial intelligence to process noisy and dynamic data into information…
Iranian Propaganda Touts Merchant Ship Conversion
The commander of the IRGC Navy announced the improvement of the level of the IRGC’s naval combat power, saying that Ashura and Tariq-class vessels have been equipped with missiles. Rear…
HMAS Toowoomba Fires ESSM After AMCAP Refit
Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba achieved a key milestone in explosive fashion while undergoing training off the coast of Western Australia. Toowoomba successfully fired an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for…