The Surcouf, a La Fayette-class stealth frigate, has been deployed around the world since 1996, and has participated in international missions in Central Africa, Kosovo and the Horn of Africa ...

Each vessel supports aviation operations with a helicopter deck and hangar designed for a Sikorsky ... Technical Summary: Formidable-Class Frigate Class & Origin: Formidable-class, based on France’s ...

The La Fayette-class frigate Courbet underwent a dramatic crash test off the coast of Toulon, France, in late January. The impressive shock test was designed to see if the ship's hull could ...

Currently, the French Navy’s fleet consists of eight FREMM frigates (six specialized in anti-submarine warfare and two in air defense), two Horizon-class air defense destroyers, and five La ...

Perhaps someone in Whitehall received a verbal thrashing from our French friends when they discovered that the latest Astute Class submarine was to be ... to a standstill in the Indian Ocean. The ...

In the early 1990s, a political scandal broke out surrounding the sale of six French La Fayette-class frigates to the Taiwanese navy. Several high-ranking officials from France as well as Taiwan ...

Already the warship has operated with the Spanish Navy’s Santa Maria-class frigate Numancia and the French Navy’s La Fayette-class frigate Aconit, as well as the Greek Navy’s Elli-class ...

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) and a La Fayette class frigate of the French Navy (likely Guépratte, which departed Colombia on June 10) were visually identified from ...

565SA Panther on board French stealth frigate La Fayette deployed in the southeastern ... features including folding rotor blades for easier hangar stowage, corrosion resistant materials to ...