Seaquest S System Successfully Deployed on French Navy FREMM Frigate.

According to information published by Naval Group on October 7, 2024, the French Navy has successfully integrated the Seaquest® S system onto one of its FREMM (Frégate Européenne Multi-Mission) frigates.
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French Navy FREMM frigate now equipped with the advanced Seaquest S system, enhancing its underwater surveillance and anti-submarine capabilities for robust maritime security. (Picture source: Naval Group)

The Seaquest® S, designed to excel in underwater and surface surveillance, has been recognized for its robust capabilities in detecting, tracking, and classifying underwater threats. Equipped with advanced sonar and sensor systems, it enables a FREMM frigate to detect various underwater objects, including submarines, torpedoes, and unmanned underwater vehicles. This integration provides the Marine Nationale with enhanced situational awareness in real-time, crucial for maintaining maritime dominance and ensuring the safety of French and allied waters.

The FREMM frigates, known for their versatility and advanced weaponry, serve as a backbone of the French naval fleet. Adding the Seaquest® S system further optimizes their adaptability in complex maritime environments, enhancing their anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. This integration allows FREMM frigates to identify and neutralize underwater threats more effectively, contributing to multi-domain operations and strategic naval missions.

In the contemporary naval environment, maintaining dominance across underwater, surface, and aerial domains is critical to securing maritime control. The Seaquest® S’s advanced sonar and sensor capabilities provide the French Navy (Marine Nationale) with real-time detection, tracking, and classification of underwater threats, significantly enhancing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. This capability is crucial for responding to the increasing diversity of underwater threats, from quieter submarines to unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), which require precision and rapid response.

The Seaquest® S also serves as a force multiplier, expanding the operational range of FREMM frigates by enabling them to perform effectively in both deep and shallow water environments. With this, the Marine Nationale’s FREMM frigates gain greater flexibility and coverage, allowing France to secure its vast maritime territories and project power where geopolitical tensions demand vigilance.

Adaptability to evolving threats is another critical advantage provided by the Seaquest® S. As adversaries develop stealthier submarines and deploy unmanned systems designed to evade traditional detection, the system’s versatile sensor technology allows FREMM frigates to classify and track a wide range of targets. This adaptability is crucial for countering not only conventional underwater threats but also modern, asymmetric ones that can disrupt operations in littoral or high-stakes regions.