DefenceTalkRussia will supply equipment and helicopters worth over $1 billion for the Egyptian Mistral helicopter carriers, the Kremlin chief of staff said Monday. Cairo and Paris signed a contract earlier this month for the purchase of two French-made Mistral-class helicopter carriers originally built for Russia. “Russia will be, if you want, a sub-contractor, who will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-supply-equipment-helicopters-for-egyptian-mistral-ships-65664/

DefenceTalkPARIS: DCNS signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the supply of two MISTRAL-class projection and command ships (BPCs). After the delivery of a FREMM frigate and the construction of four GOWIND 2500 corvettes, currently on-going, this agreement strengthens the strategic relations with the Egyptian Navy, initiated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dcns-will-deliver-two-mistral-class-lhds-to-the-egyptian-navy-65610/

DefenceTalkParis: Canada, India, Singapore and Egypt are “seriously” interested in buying France’s two Mistral warships, a senior French official has said, after Paris scrapped a deal to sell the vessels to Russia over the Ukraine crisis. Louis Gautier, an official who advises the prime minister on defence and security matters, also told lawmakers this week […]https://www.defencetalk.com/several-countries-french-warships-withheld-from-russia-65375/

DefenceTalkAfter cancelling the sale to Russia, France finds itself lumbered with two giant Mistral warships which it will find “extremely difficult” to re-sell and cannot afford to keep, say experts. The pair of 200-metre (650-foot) amphibious helicopter-carriers were due for delivery to Russia by the end of this year in a deal worth an estimated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/extremely-difficult-for-france-to-sell-mistral-warships-experts-64965/

DefenceTalkParis handed over its proposals to Russia on possible ways to terminate the contract for the delivery of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russian Navy, Kommersant newspaper reported Friday. The offers imply the return to the Russian side about 785 million euros ($865 million), which it can obtain only after the written consent of its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-terminate-deal-mistral-ships-with-russia-64227/

DefenceTalkFrench President Francois Hollande said Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. “We are busy negotiating a solution to the crisis,” over the 1.2 billion euro ($1.5 billion) sale, Hollande said on French television. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-russia-negotiating-solution-to-frozen-warship-deal-63922/

DefenceTalkThe second of two French Mistral warships whose delivery to Russia has been suspended due to violence in east Ukraine began its first open sea outing Monday, AFP journalists observed. The Sebastopol was eased from its Saint-Nazaire port in western France by tugboats just after 1:00 pm (1200 GMT) for a scheduled five-day test voyage […]https://www.defencetalk.com/frances-second-russia-warship-tested-sea-63522/

DefenceTalkMoscow has sent Paris an official inquiry for an explanation of why a Mistral helicopter carrier was not delivered to Russia according to an earlier signed agreement, a high-ranking official from the Russian Defense Ministry’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said Tuesday. “The FSMTC has sent an inquiry to the DGA [Direction Generale de […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sends-france-formal-inquiry-on-non-delivery-of-mistral-warship-61873/

DefenceTalkRussia on Friday warned France of “serious” consequences unless Paris delivers by the end of this month a Mistral-class assault warship whose handover has been delayed by concerns over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis, a report said. “We are preparing for different scenarios. We are waiting until the end of the month, then we […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-gives-france-until-end-of-november-to-deliver-warship-report-61019/

DefenceTalkThe ceremony for France handing over to Russia the first Mistral helicopter carrier will occur in mid-November of this year in the city of Saint-Nazaire, a representative from the port city’s worker’s union told RIA Novosti on Monday. “The ceremony of France transferring the first Mistral helicopter under the name of the Vladivostok to Russia […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-deliver-first-mistral-to-russia-around-mid-november-60892/