With
three FREMMs currently under construction in DCNS’ Lorient site,
DCNS is accelerating the production speed in order to deliver six FREMMs
to the French Navy before mid-2019. Two additional frigates equipped
with strengthened anti-aircraft capacities will be delivered before
2022. Two further units have also been sold to international clients;
The Royal Moroccan Navy and the Egyptian Navy.
“The floating of the FREMM Auvergne, after the delivery of the
FREMM Tahya Misr to the Egyptian Navy and the delivery of the FREMM
Provence in June, demonstrate DCNS’s ability to successfully achieve
a serial production”, explains Anne Bianchi, FREMM Programme Director
at DCNS. “DCNS is doing everything in its power to satisfy its
clients, the OCCAr, the DGA and the French Navy by delivering these
last six frigates before mid-2019.”
DCNS commenced construction of the FREMM Auvergne in August 2012. This
new-generation frigate will be operated by an optimised crew of 108
(half that required for the frigates of the previous generation). Delivery
of the FREMM Aquitaine, the first multi-mission frigate to be built
for the French Navy, was taken by OCCAR on 23 November 2012 on behalf
of the DGA. |