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 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 ...

French shipbuilder Naval Group delivered France’s first Aquitaine-class FREMM multimission frigate enhanced with air-defence capabilities on 16 April. Alsace: the first of two FREMM DA frigates ...

Alsace, the first Frégate Européenne Multi-Missions (FREMM) frigate with enhanced air defence capabilities, was launched by Naval Group at its site in Lorient on 18 April, the French shipbuilder has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Navy isn't the only force trying to shoot Houthi missiles and drones out of the sky. The French navy is among other allied ...

Naval Group has launched the first of two FREMM frigates with reinforced air defence capabilities being built for the French Navy at its shipyard in Lorient, France. With a length of 142m, Alsace has ...

Warships of the French navy are among other Western navies in the Red Sea working to protect commercial shipping vessels from Houthi attacks. Last week, a French frigate shot down at least three ...