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1 month ago | 
navalnews.com | Martin Manaranche |Xavier Vavasseur |Martin has worked
In a recent press conference held at the French ministry of Armed Forces, Rear Admiral Cédric Chetaille – the French Navy’s deputy chief for operations, and director of seabed capability development – revealed that France’s seabed warfare strategy includes offensive means, in addition to defense ones. By Martin Manaranche and Xavier VavasseurFor the first time the Admiral confirmed that this strategy also has an offensive component, notably in the “actions” section of the strategy.
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2 months ago | 
navalnews.com | Xavier Vavasseur |a Master |Martin Manaranche |Lee Willett
Pictures taken by local plane spotter Raphaël Savry show the Falcon 2000LXS with tail number “F-WATM” and “Albatros” written on the side of the fuselage, performing its maiden flight at Bordeaux-Mérignac airport on January 24, 2025.
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2 months ago | 
navalnews.com | Martin Manaranche |Martin has worked |Lee Willett |Aaron-Matthew Lariosa
The announcement confirms the addition of VSHORAD SAM on the future OPVs and the production of a new ammunition for the RAPIDFire naval gun system.
French Armed Forces press release – Translated by Naval NewsWorth a total of around 600 million euros, these orders are part of the 2024-2030 Military Programming Law (LPM) which plans to strengthen and modernize forces’ capabilities in these strategic areas.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Robin Häggblom |Lee Willett |Martin Manaranche
The activity, designated Baltic Sentry, is an integral part of the alliance’s collective defence, and while the Finnish Navy continues to perform their national missions of surveillance and safeguarding of Finnish waters, Baltic Sentry will add another layer to the normal activities. This will include increased presence at sea, heightened surveillance and exchange of information, as well as further exercises together with NATO allies.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Martin Manaranche |Tayfun Ozberk
General Dynamics Mission Systems press releaseGeneral Dynamics Mission Systems announced today that it was awarded a fixed-price-incentive, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only contract from the U.S. Navy in December for up to $808.6 million to produce MK 54 MOD 1 Lightweight Torpedo Kits and related test equipment, spares, provisioned item orders, engineering support and hardware support for the MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo Program.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Lee Willett |maritime issues. Based |'Dynamic Manta’ |Martin Manaranche
On 13 January 2025, NATO commenced ‘Baltic Sentry’ in response to recent incidents involving damage to critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) on the Baltic seabed. In the wake of these incidents, political and public debate has focused on whether the damage was caused by commercial ships dragging their anchors across the seabed. To counter the risk of re-occurrence, ‘Baltic Sentry’ is designed to deliver focused deterrence through enhanced surveillance presence across the region.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Martin Manaranche |Martin has worked |Lee Willett
First reported by the AFP (Agence France presse) and then confirmed today by the French minister of armed forces, a French MPA patrolling over the Baltic Sea in international waters was locked on by the fire control radar of a Russian S400 air defense system and also jammed. The MPA was on a NATO mission.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Eunhyuk Cha |Martin Manaranche
General Atomics unveiled concepts for the installation of a new drone launch system on a variety of vessels, including the Royal Navy’s Daring-class (Type 45) destroyer and U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base. The company claims the “Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft” is part of a broader effort to support the launching of drones in constrained environments both on land and at sea.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Martin Manaranche |Martin has worked |Xavier Vavasseur
The La Perouse exercise is led by France and centered around the French CSG (also called TF 473) – currently on deployment for the Clemenceau 25 mission – brings together nine countries including Canada, the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia, the United Kingdom and Singapore. This force gathers 13 ships and about 130 aircrafts of all types (helicopters, MPAs, fighter jets).
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Martin Manaranche |Luca Peruzzi
Fincantieri press releaseThe transaction represents a fundamental element in the Fincantieri Group’s strategy, focused on further growth in the naval defense business and on the development of the underwater domain, strengthening its position as a reference technology integrator in the dual-use sector.
