December 12, 2019 (Google Translation) – From 12 to 15 November 2019, FREMM Aquitaine was engaged, alongside FREMM Normandie and FASM La Motte-Picquet, in the SKY SHARKS 19 exercise off Brittany. This above-surface wrestling exercise, involving three frigates, was intended to train the buildings on the Brest frontage in medium and high intensity combat in an environment of evolving crisis.…
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June 26, 2019 (Google Translation) – 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 of the manufacturing of the FREMM frigates with reinforced air defence capabilities and of the Defence and Intervention Frigate (FDI),…
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January 15, 2019 (Google Translation) – On January 11, 2019 in Lorient, Captain Jean-Baptiste Soubrier was recognized by Vice-Admiral Wing (VAE) Jean-Philippe Rolland commanding the Naval Task Force (ALFAN), Commander of the Multi Frigate -missions (FREMM) Normandie. The FREMM Normandie is the sixth in a series of eight. It will be delivered to the Navy in the summer of 2019.…
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On 1 February 2018, Naval Group floated the FREMM multi-mission frigate Normandie, just 12 months after the start of hull assembly in the building dock on the Lorient site. The completion of this milestone represents an important step, demonstrating the industrial and technological mastery of Naval Group, ensuring compliance with a very tight schedule to be able to deliver, as…
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