DefenceTalkFlying above the Yellow Sea between Korea and China, a French naval crew scans the ocean surface for signs of contraband headed for North Korea. The team is part of an international mission enforcing United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang, flying surveillance trips from the US Futenma base in Japan’s Okinawa. “The UN sends us information […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-uns-eyes-french-navy-enforces-north-korea-sanctions-77478/

DefenceTalkLeaders of the U.S., French and British navies on Thursday signed a trilateral agreement to continue enhancing their collaboration. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier and Tony Radakin, First Sea Lord of Britain’s Royal Navy met in Toulon, France, Thursday to sign the agreement, the U.S. Navy said in […]

DefenceTalkFrance’s aircraft carrier will be brought home early from a deployment in the Atlantic after some crew members showed coronavirus symptoms, the defence ministry said Wednesday. About 40 sailors on the Charles de Gaulle are under medical observation, it said in a statement, and those with symptoms have been placed in isolation. None have shown […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-aircraft-carrier-heads-home-over-virus-fears-75106/

DefenceTalkMEDITERRANEAN SEA: The Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) participated in cross-deck inter-operability exercises in the Mediterranean Sea March 3. The unique opportunity allowed pilots from both navies to land and launch on the two flight decks while the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ike-and-charles-de-gaulle-participate-in-cross-deck-aircraft-launches-and-recoveries-74601/

DefenceTalkMEDITERRANEAN SEA: The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) began dual-carrier flight operations with French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) in the Mediterranean Sea March 2. These dual-carrier operations demonstrate the combined military capability fostered by by the U.S. Navy working alongside the French Navy for many years. “As a result of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-french-navies-conduct-dual-carrier-ops-in-mediterranean-74546/

France will deploy its only aircraft carrier to join coalition operations against the Islamic State (IS) terror group, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. “The aircraft carrier will support Chammal operations [in the Middle East] from January to April 2020 before deploying to the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea,” Macron said in a New Year’s […]

DefenceTalkPARIS — On 11 April in Toulon, DCNS delivered the FREMM multi-mission frigate Auvergne to the French Navy, as stipulated in the contract. This frigate is the fourth of the series ordered by OCCAR1 on behalf of the DGA (French armament procurement agency). Delivery of the FREMM multi-mission frigate Auvergne is the result of a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dcns-delivers-fourth-fremm-multi-mission-frigate-for-the-french-navy-69704/

DefenceTalkThe French defence procurement agency, DGA, has selected Thales to upgrade the command functions of the French Army and Navy as part of the SIA information system transformation program. Under this contract, designated SIA C2, [1], Thales will replace the Army and Navy’s legacy command information systems with a single harmonized system to meet the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thales-to-provide-command-information-system-for-french-army-and-navy-66796/

DefenceTalkFrance: On June 12th in Brest, DCNS delivered the FREMM multi-mission frigate Provence to the French Navy, as stipulated in the contract. This frigate is the second of the series ordered by OCCAR on behalf of the DGA (French armament procurement agency). Delivery of the FREMM multi-mission frigate Provence is the result of a design […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dcns-delivers-second-fremm-frigate-for-the-french-navy-64508/

DefenceTalkOn behalf of the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), the Joint Armaments Cooperation Organization (OCCAr) has awarded Thales a contract to upgrade the fire control system for the anti-air missiles deployed by the French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. The new equipment will be installed as part of the refit planned in 2018. Work […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thales-to-upgrade-fire-control-system-france-aircraft-carrier-61338/