The second of the Aquitaine class frigates being built by DCNS for the French Navy, FREMM frigate Normandie, put to sea for the first time on 25 October. The milestone marks the beginning of the ...

DCNS has started the sea trials for the FREMM Languedoc, the third of a series of vessels ordered by OCCAR on behalf of the French Navy and the French defence procurement agency DGA. The sea trials ...

LORIENT, France, June 26 (UPI) --A second FREMM multi-mission frigate for the French Navy has completed five weeks of combat weapon systems testing at sea. French shipbuilder DCNS said the testing of ...

UP TO 2000 ASC workers will be able to transfer straight from the air warfare destroyer project to the future frigates, a top contender for the multi-billion dollar project says. French shipbuilders ...

In early April DCNS delivered the FREMM multi-mission frigate Auvergne to the French Navy, the fourth of the series ordered by OCCAR1 on behalf of the DGA (French armament procurement agency).

PARIS — The French government provided a financing structure that was crucial to the sale of a sophisticated multimission frigate to Egypt, a source close to the deal said. "Without the financing ...

PARIS, March 18 (UPI) --French shipbuilder DCNS this week delivered a third multi-mission frigate, or FREMM, for the French Navy. The delivery of the Languedoc was made to the Organization for Joint ...

The 3rd FREMM (Fregate europeenne multi-mission - European multi-purpose frigate) "Languedoc" sails during the acceptation ceremony by the OCCAR (organisation conjointe de coopzration en matiere ...