Naval Group has launched the seventh multi-mission FREMM frigate for the French Navy from a specialist facility in Lorient. Known as Alsace, the vessel is the first of the two air defence frigates ...

Alsace is one of two air defence versions of the FREMM frigate for France. French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced on 22 November that the French Navy’s first air defence FREMM ...

The delivery of the frigate Lorraine marks the close of a decade of French FREMM deliveries. Lorraine is the second of two FREMMs, after Alsace, built with advanced air defence capabilities, known as ...

The use of the Italian-made OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun to destroy the Houthi drone allowed to preserve the larger and costlier ASTER surface-to-air missiles. The French military’s Joint Staff ...

The laying ceremony of the first of the two new-generation FREMM “EVOLUTION” (“FREMM EVO”) Frigates for the Italian Navy took place today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Riva Trigoso. The delivery of ...

The French Navy’s FREMM frigate Aquitaine has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning the U.S. Navy’s “Hook’em” award, a prestigious recognition for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) excellence. This ...

Lorraine, the French Navy's eighth and final FREMM frigate overall, and the second of two modified for an enhanced air-defence role, has entered operational service. (Marine Nacionale) The eighth ...

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