Thales will enhance the anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the French Navy by providing several hundred SonoFlash sonobuoys. These expendable sonar buoy are the only such models to offer both active and passive modes: they are equipped with a powerful low-frequency emitter and a receiver with high directivity.
Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulled into Laem Chabang, Thailand, on Monday for a port visit after three weeks of operating in the South China Sea. Meanwhile, the French Carrier Strike Group is operating in the Bali Sea after wrapping up the French Navy-led multinational exercise La Perouse 25 exercise on Friday.
AN EX-Nato commander has blasted woke Navy chiefs for renaming a submarine to avoid upsetting the French. HMS Agincourt is the fleet’s sixth vessel and was named after the 1415 victory by
France’s second largest warship has docked in Darwin, as part of an operation in the Indo Pacific to shore up allies, talk strategy, and strengthen French diplomacy in the region.
A French Navy's Atlantique 2 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) was locked by a Russian S-400 air defense system while flying over international waters of the Baltic Sea in the night between Jan. 15 and 16, 2025. The aircraft was also subjected to jamming by ...
The French Carrier Strike Group is spearheading the French Navy-led multinational biennial exercise La Perouse 25 that began on Thursday across three critical maritime passages in South East Asia. The 2025 exercise also marks the first time that South East Asian nations are participating in the exercise,
The two Atlantique 2s will take part in the La Perouse 2025 exercise in the Indonesian archipelago together with the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier
Targeting French patrol craft that were in international waters seems like an aggressive action. But Moscow would likely claim this was self-defense.
The Royal Canadian Navy has released the name of the sailor who died after a boat capsized in Halifax harbour on Friday night.
King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The Monarch stepped in to overturn the submarine’s original name - which had been given the green light by Queen Elizabeth in 2018. Instead the £1.5 billion sub will now be called HMS Achilles.
Perhaps the King and the Royal Navy should now rename HMS Victory 'HMS Compromise'. Nelson's beautiful flagship, still preserved at Portsmouth, has for years been a grave affront to our French allies. Her boastful name must annoy them even more.
Charles reportedly vetoed the name - originally approved by Queen Elizabeth II - of the Royal Navy submarine which is now called HMS Achilles.