In
the frame of the through-life support contract signed with the Royal
Moroccan Navy, the frigate Mohammed VI sailed to the dedicated Vauban
shipyard in the Toulon naval base at the start of 2016. “I am
very satisfied with this preventive-maintenance operation, which included
a period in the drydock followed by quayside and sea trials”,
underlined the frigate’s Commander before its departure. The DCNS
teams performed the regular maintenance of the weapons systems, the
propulsion and the electrical power distribution networks. They also
performed the inspection of the shaftline while the CMS teams from Ollioules
and Lorient were installing the final version of the combat-system software.
This through-life support period not only mobilised the teams from Toulon,
but also other employees from different Group sites (Brest, Bagneux,
Nantes-Indret, Lorient, Ruelle). |
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Dominique
Blanquie, Morocco programme director, explains: “This is the second
UMP* as part of the TLS contract signed with the Royal Moroccan Navy
at the start of July 2015. Because the technical shutdown was the first
to take place in France, the aim for DCNS was to maintain the satisfaction
level of our Moroccan client, who was very satisfied last summer and
highlighted the quality of the work performed by the DCNS teams in Casablanca.”
The number of operational FREMMs in three client navies has risen from
one to four in less than three years and the DCNS Services department
has therefore implemented a “World FREMM TLS” organisation
commensurate with the TLS challenges specific to these complex vessels,
which are extensively computerised and required to achieve very high
levels of availability. This new organisation allows DCNS clients to
benefit from the maintenance synergies inherent to FREMM frigates delivered
around the world. |
