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The FREMM "Tahya Misr" Navy frigate Egypt will depart from France in late July


(Defensa.com) At the end of this July, the type frigate FREMM (Frégate Européenne Multi-Missions) ENS "Tahya Misr" (FFG 1001) Egypt Navy must leave French territory towards Egypt, where on August 6 actively integrate in conmoraciones the opening of the new Suez Canal, an important strategic point in the country and one of its biggest sources of performance económico.El ship was formally transferred to the Navy of Egypt on June 23 at the premises of French shipbuilder DCNS in Lorient. The event was attended by the Egyptian Minister of Defense, General Sedki Sobhy, and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Driand, among other authorities.

The ship, originally built for the French Navy as FS "Normandie" (D651) and forecast delivery in late 2014, was acquired by Egypt under an agreement dated February 16, 2015 in Cairo. Original equipment installed in the ship destined for France were replaced by DCNS. Thus, under the contract, DCNS made a series of modifications to the ship including the translation of interfaces, eliminating the vertical launchers DCNS SYLVER A70 initially installed for the operation of cruise missiles ground attack long-range MBDA Mdcn (Missile of Croisière Naval) antennas and electronic countermeasures system Elettronica Nettuno


The ship keeps pitchers SYLVER A43 Aster 15 missiles hired MBDA France, sonars Thales UMS 4110 CL and CAPTAS 4 missile launchers MBDA Exocet MM40 Block 3 and Eurotorp MU90 torpedoes, anti-torpedo systems DCNS and Contralto-V Release Sagem NGDS multiple lures, the direction of pull electro-optical Sagem Vigy MM, the multifunction radar Thales HERAKLES and remotely operated weapon stations Nexter Systems NARWHAL 20B.

DCNS is also responsible for train crews in cooperation with the DCI (Defense Conseil International) NAVFCO, instructing Egyptian technicians to ensure maintenance and logistical support and technical assistance for a period of five years and parts supply spare. The ship, of 6000 tons displacement and 142 meters long, will be the combat unit more modern and capable of Egyptian Navy and one of the most advanced in the region frigates surface. The Navy currently operates old Egyptian frigates Oliver Hazard Perry (OHP) of American origin, ethnic Chinese frigates and ships Ambassador Mk III missiles armed with US-built by VT Halter Marine patrol.


Corvettes Gowind 2500
From 2017, Egypt will receive four corvettes Gowind DCNS 2500 contracted in July 2014. They will be equipped with modular mast DCNS MISP (Panoramic Sensors and Intelligence Module); the combat management system SETIS DCNS (Enhanced Tactical Ship Information System); dimensional surveillance radar Thales Nederland SMART-S Mk2; electronic warfare system Thales Air Systems Monitor 200; SAMs MBDA VL MICA; MBDA anti-ship Exocet MM40 Block III missiles; and Eurotorp MU 90 torpedoes.


DCNS currently under construction in Lorient 4 anti-submarine frigates Classe Aquitaine to the French Navy, including vessels FS "Languedoc" FS "Auvergne" and FS Bretagne ". The first units, FS" Aquitaine "(D650) and FS "Provence" (D652) were delivered in November 2012 and June 2015 respectively OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'armement) .Other two frigates version of anti-air warfare will be built within the framework of the Law on Military programming 2014-2019.

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Like most people I guess, I was expecting a bit more for the FREDA...


Details on the FREDA: The Future Air-Defense FREMM Frigates of the French Navy

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Looks like they are going straight up 32 X A50s for all of them to be A2A for the FREDA.

So, perhaps:

4 x Quad VT1 (16 missiles)
12 x Aster 15
16 x Aster 30

...or some such AAW mix.

Marine: aircraft availability

Tuesday, July 7, in response to a question from the member François Cornut-Gentille, the Ministry of Defence to publish, in the Official Gazette, his response regarding the availability of Navy aircraft.The balance is pretty good. The number of aircraft available appears very satisfactory. Aside from the great banner (21 of 28), other aircraft units give satissfaction.

With a high score for the Rafale. At the rate of availability, the French hunter increased from 38.6% to 46.6% between 2013 and 2014 and the Falcon from 63.2% to 65%. The rest of the fleet experienced a reverse trend. The Super Etendard (SEM) Forgot 28.7% to 26.8%, the ATL 2 27.9% to 25%. The E2C recorded a significant decline in its availability: from 39.6% in 2013, it is just 24.7% in 2014.

However Hawkeye, 3 in number, are not older Naval Aviation. With an average age of 14.9 years, they are far behind the 23 ATL2 (21.4 years), 5 Falcon (31.5 years) or SEM (34.9 years). The Rafale, of which 35 are in service in the Navy, are the youngest fleet with an average age of 5.8 years. However they are also the most expensive with a cost payment Credit operational maintenance of 119.5 million euros. It is closely followed by the ATL 2 with 117.6 million euros. Scheduled maintenance SEM, meanwhile, cost 40.7 million euros, 22.7 million euros the Falcon and finally that of E2C 20.1 million euros.

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Fireworks light the skies above the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations
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A photo taken from a French Air Force C-135 FR refueling tanker aircraft as it flies over the Arc de Triomphe monument during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris
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Certification Campaign for H225M Caracal CSAR Helicopter Aboard FREMM Frigate Aquitaine

The French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) started qualification trials of the Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) with the latest addition to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) fleet: the head of FREMM Frigate class Aquitaine delivered in November 2012 by DCNS.

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DCNS doing good naval business as usual

Those FFG are ultra modern and top of the line

With almost two weeks of time that the Air Force announced the deployment in Niamey, Niger, as part of the operation barkhane, two Mirage 2000C of the fighter squadron 2/5 " Ile-de-France ". These devices have identified two early July 2015 Mirage 2000D left for Nancy. Hunting Detachment Niamey now includes two Mirage 2000D and many Mirage 2000C.Air & Cosmos announced the deployment of Mirage 2000C in May.

The involvement of air defense but also Mirage 2000N Mirage squadron "Lafayette" is expected to relieve the three squadrons of Mirage 2000D from Nancy, very busy with a detachment in Niamey and another deployed in Jordan part of the opération chammal.Although designed for air defense, Mirage 2000C can take smooth bombs or Mk-82 bombs GBU-12 laser-guided. As against the Mirage 2000C can not be equipped with laser designation pods. To implement GBU-12 bombs they must be accompanied by a Mirage 2000D or benefit from laser illumination performed from a drone or by ground crews.

GBU-12

The Mirage 2000C offers by against a new option since it is equipped with two 30 mm guns which 2000D is free.The Air Force says dice the arrival in Niamey of Mirage 2000C, the two bombs mounted under a Mirage 2000D back to Nancy were dismantled to be shipped on a Mirage 2000C. The first joint patrol involving a Mirage 2000C and 2000D was held July 3, 2015



It is one of the first times that it is used for air to ground missions as the Mirage 2000-5F he is a pure interceptor, squadron 2/5 based to Orange have 10 with 6 Mirage 2000B for a total of 15 and 7.

Others Mirage 2000 numbers in May : 71 Mirage 2000D, 29 Mirage 2000-5F, 23 Mirage 2000 Nk3 with in more 98 Rafale : 236 Fighter-Bomber, Navy 47.

We have spoken here on SD about commercial ships that carry naval vessels to other parts of the world, either because they are damaged, or because it makes good economical sense.

The semi-submersible vessels allow the vessels to be floated aboard. Other large carriers (like the one below) load them aboard in port.

Here we see two French Navy, 600 ton Mine Counter Measure (MCM) ships being loaded aboard the MV Jumbo Jubilee for transportation from Brest, France to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

France will compensate Russia with 1,300 million for the undelivered Mistral ships


(Defensa.com) France and Russia have reached an agreement in principle to give an end to the festering problem derived from the French refusal to hand over the two Mistral amphibious ships. The deal would be closed and force France to compensate Russia with 1.300 million signing of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French Francois Hollande being alone pending. They collected several Russian media quoted sources direct Russian defense industry organization.

For months the two countries negotiate a way out of this situation, which is still pending realize the figure varies according to the concepts included in this compensation. The Russian government considers that such should be taken into account concepts such as costs of training of Russian crews who traveled to France, the modifications you have made to their military bases to accommodate ships or helicopters had commissioned to equip . The figure announced precisely approximates the cost of the program signed in 2011, reaching 1,340 million and include 895 million euros in compensation.

The French government announced in November last year its refusal to hand over the two helicopter carrier amphibious ships derived from the French Mistral class for the Russian Navy after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine. Paris would continue to seek a buyer for these two vessels, which could be even NATO, something that Russia opposed at first. In May he was already negotiating the cancellation of the program and according to the newspaper Kommersant, France would have made a proposal to Moscow according to which they would be returned to Russia 756 million euros and will receive in exchange for the approval for export to third of them vessels. This proposal would have been rejected by the Kremlin calling for a payment of at least 100 million euros.

The Russian government has estimated that the cancellation of the supply of "Vladivostok" and "Sevastopol" will entail a cost of 1,154 million euros. Moscow also oppose the re-export of two ships if you do not reach an agreement on the issue of economic compensation. Given the possible suspension of the contract, Russia has already warned by his deputy defense minister that the French government will afford to pay for losses that may mean for Moscow's cancellation of this agreement, in addition to what it might mean in terms of " reputation "and" credibility "to France as an international partner. DCNS faces a penalty that at first would result in compensation for breach of contract of 1,050 million euros.


But this figure must be added approximately 1,800 million euros in the event that any court ruling assess the full impact on the customer and the Russian industrial partners, bringing the total penalty would be around 3,000 million euros. This amount would be justified by the costs that have already incurred the Russian shipyards to complete that part of the building was entrusted as well as the costs incurred by the transport of the blocks that were built in Russia and sent to France for mounting.

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