After the keel was laid shortly before the end of last year at Kership in Concarneau/South Brittany (part of Naval Group) for the first construction of the twelve-unit Belgian-Dutch minehunter programme, the French Navy has now also joined the programme at Euronaval. Cost-reducing commonalities and interoperability of mine defence systems along the Western European coast...
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the Horizon-class destroyer Chevalier Paul conducted air defence exercises with the Aster (MBDA/Thales) air-to-air missile on 4 October. The anti-aircraft destroyer fired Aster 30 (up to 100 kilometres) and the carrier Aster 15 (up to 30 kilometres) surface-to-air missiles at high-speed targets flying towards the simulated carrier group. The scenario...
On the second Sunday in October, the Spanish frigate "Santa Maria" (F81, type ship of the same class, Spanish Oliver-Hazard-Perry licence build 1982-94) should have replaced her sister ship "Numancia" (F83) in the "European Union Naval Force - Somalia - Operation Atalanta". At least this day was planned as the departure date from the naval base Rota in south-west Spain. However...
The project was launched by the then Minister of Defence Florence Parly at the last live EuroNaval 2018 (only virtual in 2020). Now, on 19 October 2022, the French Ministry of Defence took advantage of this year's international naval industry gala in Le Bourget to present a model of the future carrier with some of its features at the Naval Group...
Update in the section S-80 as a replacement for the Israeli Navy, clarification in the description and photo of the model on display. Israel Shipyards used EuroNaval in Paris to unveil its new development on 19 October 2022: a corvette called the Sa'ar S-80. The 80-metre-long, 11-metre-wide and 1,000-metre-wide...
The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group was placed under NATO command on Friday as part of the Neptune Strike 2022 exercise series, the Pentagon's deputy press secretary announced. The exercise officially began Friday at Strike Force NATO headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal, according to a U.S. 6th Fleet press release. In addition to...
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is on its way from Portsmouth to Rosyth. When the ship sailed for New York last month, damage occurred to the starboard shaft. Inspection by divers revealed that the shaft coupling had failed. The quickest and safest way to...
A section of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea at least 50 metres long is missing, the Swedish daily newspaper Expressen reported on Tuesday after taking what it said were the first publicly published pictures of the damage. Swedish police and the public prosecutor's office suspect that the leaks, which began on 26 September,...
The managing directors of the four companies involved in the development of the European Patrol Corvette signed a preliminary consortium agreement on the opening day of EuroNaval, 18 October 2022. According to Naviris, the agreement is intended to regulate the implementation of the tender. The agreement will enable the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia...
Remarkable piece of World War II history emerges in California's Lake Shasta A surprising - and mysterious - piece of World War II history has emerged from Lake Shasta, as California's drought brings to light relics long submerged in water. Lake Shasta is located in northern California, around...
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