Tag: Gowind
Third Egypt-built Gowind corvette completes sea trials
The third locally built Gowind class corvette and the fourth overall for Egypt has completed its first sea trials.
France’s Naval Group announced on 5...
First locally built Gowind corvette joins Egyptian Navy
Alexandria Shipyard has delivered the first locally built Gowind 2500 corvette, ENS Port Said, to the Egyptian Navy.
The handover ceremony took place at Alexandria...
Egypt launches another locally built corvette
The Egyptian Navy has launched its third locally built Gowind class corvette, which was constructed at the Alexandria Shipyard.
The ENS Luxor (986), built by...
Egypt launches locally built corvette
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...
Egypt launches first locally built Gowind corvette
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
France's Naval Group (DCNS) is delivering sensor masts to Egypt for installation on the Gowind corvettes being locally built by Alexandria Shipyard,...
Egypt begins local construction of first Gowind corvette
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
Egypt is on the verge of buying two more Gowind 2500 corvettes and two other warships from France, as well as a...
Egypt approves 3.3 billion euro military loan from France
Egypt's parliament has voted for the approval of a 3.3 billion euro from France to pay for the military hardware it is...
Egypt continues defence spending spree
The recent €950 million purchase of the two Mistral-class amphibious ships (LHDs) that France had originally built for Russia illustrates the close...
Egypt interested in more corvettes
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
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
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
French shipyard DCNS has started cutting metal for the first of four Gowind 2500 corvettes for the Egyptian Navy. Deliveries are scheduled...
Egypt moving closer to Rafale, FREMM buys
Egypt is moving closer to a five billion euro arms deal with France for 24 Dassault Rafale fighters and one DCNS FREMM...
Egypt orders Gowind corvettes
The Egyptian Navy has ordered four Gowind corvettes from DCNS, becoming the second export customer for the type.
According to French newspaper La...
Egypt interested in buying four Gowind corvettes
Egypt is interested in buying four Gowind class corvettes from France's DCNS shipyard in a billion euro deal, with three of the...
L’Adroit on a mission to impress the SA Navy
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
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...
Malaysia becomes first export customer for Gowind corvettes
DCNS and its local partner Boustead Naval Shipyard have won a US$2.8 billion contract to supply six Gowind patrol vessels to Malaysia,...
Camcopter S-100 flies from L’Adroit offshore patrol vessel
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...
First Gowind offshore patrol vessel leaves for France
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
DCNS has officially handed over the Gowind offshore patrol vessel L'Adroit to the French Navy, which will use it for three years...
DCNS and KND sign agreement to construct Gowind offshore patrol vessels...
French shipbuilder DCNS and South African maritime organisation KND have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the promotion, construction and sale...
First Gowind OPV launched
The first DCNS Gowind-type offshore patrol vessel has been launched one year after construction work began. The building and outfitting of the...
