| In 2018 Thales and Nexter launched the naval version of the 40mm RAPIDFire Naval gun based on the land forces version qualified for use by the French and British Armies in 2014. The gun fires 40CTA cased telescoped ammunition. The technology building blocks developed for... |
| For 20 years or more, quick pointing devices produced by French company Sofresud have enabled crew members to contribute to close-in defence in situations where automated systems have trouble detecting the target (e.g. fast sea skimmers, stealthy missiles with low radar... |
| Over the last four decades, French boatbuilder Couach, based at Gujan-Mestras near Bordeaux, has delivered more than 200 Plascoa patrol boats and interceptors to navies and security forces around the world. Today, Couach’s Plascoa high-speed interceptors are a global... |
| Breakthrough. Naval Group new-generation fuel cells are now available to extend the submerged endurance of conventional submarines.Following a ten-year R&D programme, Naval Group has now completed the development of the FC-2G second-generation fuel cell. Like Mesma, the... |
| X-Sub buoys by French company Alseamar allow a submarine to receive surface situation data, check its location or communicate without surfacing or raising an antenna.Alseamar designed the X-Sub buoys, now in service with the French Navy, to give a submerged submarine... |
| Following the delivery of two Scorpènes to Chile in 2006 and 2007, then another two to Malaysia in 2009 and 2010, others are now under construction in India and Brazil, where Naval Group is supporting local shipbuilders through technology transfer agreements. The first... |
| France is one of the few countries to operate several types of maritime patrol aircraft, namely the Atlantique 2 and the Falcon 200 and 50M. In response to emerging needs, Dassault Aviation now offers a new type based on the Falcon 2000 business twin-jet with a range of... |
| For over 70 years, Safran Electronics & Defense has been an acknowledged leader in inertial technologies — mechanical, laser, fibre-optic and resonant — and a European leader in inertial navigation systems for land, maritime, naval and aerospace applications.Safran... |
| In 2018 Couach unveiled a new model of fast patrol boat optimised for, among other duties, ASW missions against alien submarines operating in coastal waters and their automated vehicles. The ASW 2800 is also ideal for general surveillance missions, particularly of... | |
|
|