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Egypt launches locally built corvette

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The Egyptian Navy has launched its second locally built Gowind class corvette, Al-Moez, which was built by the Alexandria Shipyard Company in cooperation with...

Naval Group signs naval support agreement with Egypt

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France's Naval Group (formerly DCNS) has signed a five-year maintenance and support agreement with Egypt that will see it look after warships...

Egypt launches first locally built Gowind corvette

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Alexandria Shipyard has launched the first locally built Gowind corvette, ENS Port Said, which is the first modern warship to be built...

Naval Group delivering Gowind sensor mast to Egypt

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France's Naval Group (DCNS) is delivering sensor masts to Egypt for installation on the Gowind corvettes being locally built by Alexandria Shipyard,...

First Egyptian Gowind corvette begins sea trials

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The first Egyptian Gowind 2500 corvette, El Fateh, has begun sea trials ahead of delivery. The vessel left the French port of Lorient...

Egypt receives second Mistral class vessel; first Gowind floated

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The Egyptian Navy has taken delivery of its second and final Mistral class landing helicopter dock, Anwar el-Sadat, while DCNS has floated...

DCNS completes Egypt’s first Gowind corvette

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French shipbuilder DCNS has completed assembly of the first Gowind 2500 corvette for the Egyptian Navy at its facility in Lorient. The vessel...

Egypt formally receives first Mistral class vessel

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The Egyptian Navy officially took delivery of its first Mistral class landing helicopter dock vessel Gamal Abdel Nasser on Thursday from French...

Thales is delighted that DCNS has been selected by Australia for...

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As a major player in the defence sector in both France and Australia, Thales is delighted that DCNS has been selected, after an international...

Thales is delighted that DCNS has been selected by Australia for...

DCNS has been chosen as the international partner of the Australian Ministry of Defence for the renewal of its submarine fleet.As a major player...

France sinks Japanese, German bids to win A$50 billion Australian subs...

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France has beaten Japan and Germany to win a A$50 billion (27.5 billion pounds) deal to build a fleet of 12 new...

Egypt begins local construction of first Gowind corvette

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Alexandria Shipyard on 16 April began local construction of the first of three Gowind 2500 corvettes, a year after DCNS cut the...

Egypt eyeing more arms contracts with France

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Egypt is on the verge of buying two more Gowind 2500 corvettes and two other warships from France, as well as a...

Egypt signs Mistral contract with France

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Egypt on Saturday signed a contract with French shipbuilder DCNS to buy two Mistral helicopter carriers for approximately 950 million euros after...

Egypt interested in more corvettes

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Egypt is considering purchasing two corvettes from France, after taking delivery of a FREMM frigate earlier this month and expecting four Gowind...

FREMM frigate Tahya Misr departs for Egypt

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The Egyptian Navy's new FREMM frigate Tahya Misr has departed DCNS' shipyard in Brest, France, for Alexandria in Egypt, where it will...

DCNS showcases L’Adroit offshore patrol vessel in Gulf of Guinea

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French shipbuilder DCNS has showcased its L'Adroit offshore patrol vessel (OPV) and Polaris mission system in the Gulf of Guinea, with demonstrations...

DCNS starts construction on first Egyptian Gowind corvette

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French shipyard DCNS has started cutting metal for the first of four Gowind 2500 corvettes for the Egyptian Navy. Deliveries are scheduled...

French Navy backs plan to sell FREMM frigate to Egypt

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The French Navy is supportive of tentative plans to sell its FREMM frigate Normandie to Egypt at short notice, with the vessel...

Egypt moving closer to Rafale, FREMM buys

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Egypt is moving closer to a five billion euro arms deal with France for 24 Dassault Rafale fighters and one DCNS FREMM...

Gabon orders two patrol vessels

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Gabon has ordered two patrol vessels from French shipbuilder Piriou at the Euronaval 2014 exhibition. The latest acquisition came the same day...

Egypt orders Gowind corvettes

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The Egyptian Navy has ordered four Gowind corvettes from DCNS, becoming the second export customer for the type. According to French newspaper La...

Successful sea acceptance trials of Colombian Almirante Padilla class frigates

A modernisation programme of the Colombian Navy's four Almirante Padilla class frigates has been concluded with a successful sea acceptance test.Thales and DCNS announce...

Successful sea acceptance trials of Colombian Almirante Padilla class frigates

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Thales and DCNS announce the comprehensive modernisation programme of the Colombian Navy's four Almirante Padilla class frigates has been concluded with a successful sea...

Egypt interested in buying four Gowind corvettes

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Egypt is interested in buying four Gowind class corvettes from France's DCNS shipyard in a billion euro deal, with three of the...

Moroccan Navy receives FREMM frigate

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The Royal Moroccan Navy has received its FREMM multirole frigate from DCNS, the first to be acquired by an international customer. The Mohammed...

L’Adroit on a mission to impress the SA Navy

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The French offshore patrol vessel FNS L'Adroit has arrived in Cape Town, where it will be showcased to the South African Navy,...

French Navy commissions L’Adroit offshore patrol vessel

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The French Navy has commissioned the Gowind-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) L'Adroit, which it will evaluate over the next three years. L'Adroit was...

Veecraft to market Navantia OPVs to South Africa

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Navantia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South African shipbuilder Veecraft Marine to market Navantia's Avante class offshore and inshore patrol...

Malaysia becomes first export customer for Gowind corvettes

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DCNS and its local partner Boustead Naval Shipyard have won a US$2.8 billion contract to supply six Gowind patrol vessels to Malaysia,...

Second Moroccan SIGMA frigate completes sea trials

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The Royal Moroccan Navy's second SIGMA class frigate has successfully completed her sea acceptance trials ahead of delivery in February next year. The...

Camcopter S-100 flies from L’Adroit offshore patrol vessel

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Schiebel's Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle has successfully flown off the new Gowind class OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel), L'Adroit, built by DCNS...

Thales to up stake in DCNS – report

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Thales is preparing to increase its stake in naval defence group DCNS from 25 to 35 percent for roughly 260 million euros...

First Gowind offshore patrol vessel leaves for France

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The Gowind offshore patrol vessel L'Adroit has left DCNS's Lorient shipyard, where it was built, on a course for France's Toulon naval...

First Gowind class offshore patrol vessel handed over to French Navy

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DCNS has officially handed over the Gowind offshore patrol vessel L'Adroit to the French Navy, which will use it for three years...

DCNS launches Morocco’s FREMM frigate

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French shipbuilder DCNS has launched Morocco's first and only FREMM frigate, just days after Morocco's first SIGMA class frigate was handed over...

DCNS and KND sign agreement to construct Gowind offshore patrol vessels...

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French shipbuilder DCNS and South African maritime organisation KND have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the promotion, construction and sale...

Germany, France eye naval shipyards merger – paper

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Germany and France are considering merging their naval shipbuilding assets in what would be their biggest industrial partnership since the creation of...

First Gowind OPV launched

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The first DCNS Gowind-type offshore patrol vessel has been launched one year after construction work began. The building and outfitting of the...

LHD Tonnerre to visit SA

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The French amphibious helicopter dock ship (LHD), FS Tonnerre, will dock in Durban today on the latest leg of its Jeanne d'arc...