Piriou and DCNS establish Kership

FREMM, short for "frégate multimission", is designed to act as a command vessel, escorting high-value assets and carrying out anti-submarine warfare and air defence. It features a 520m² helicopter deck and can be armed with cruise missiles.

Push for Consolidation: The French government wants Thales to buy shipbuilder DCNS, which produced the Horizon-class frigate Chevalier Paul. The ship contains radars built by Thales. (DCNS) Filed Under PARIS — France is looking to sell naval ...

Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company (PDOECL) is in final talks with a French company - DCNS, a world renowned warship and submarine builder, for a strategic partnership. With this deal company plans to sell some stake to the French ...

DCNS and its local partners recently delivered the sixth and final Skjold-class fast patrol boat to the Royal Norwegian Navy. The six-boat Skjold programme is led by a consortium comprising DCNS and two Norwegian contractors with DCNS acting as the ...

Brest - French companies and naval defence contractor DCNS recently presented details of their next generation floating wind turbine development programme at the Thetis Marine Renewable Energy show held in Brest on April 10 and 11. During 2012, ...

PARIS, May 3 (UPI) -- "To ensure greater security and better reliability of civilian vessels throughout their life cycle, a precise knowledge of the condition of the structure and facilities machine is fundamental," DCNS said. "To meet this growing ...

Amid reports of Indias Scorpene submarine building programme at defence shipyard Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) suffering another jolt and resultant delay in the wake of the yards failure to renew it...

The Royal Moroccan Navy's DCNS-built , to be named Mohammed VI, has started first sea trials off the Brittany coast, France. DCNS is under contract to build 11 FREMM ships for the French Navy and one for the Moroccan Navy. Scheduled to be delivered ...

The Indian Navy's first Scorpene-class submarine (SSK) will be launched by DCNS in 2014, as part of the technology transfer agreement between the two countries, French ambassador Francois Richier has announced. Richier was quoted by Press Trust of ...