http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph ... ew&id=2895On July 5th, the French Navy Naval Aviation Practical Experimentation Center (centre d’expérimentations pratiques de l’aéronautique navale - CEPA) led a certification campaign of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft on the Mistral class LHD Dixmude. The tests took place off the coast of Djibouti, an East Africa country where both France and the USA have permanent bases.
http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph ... ew&id=2903The 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.
Worth noting that France does not itself intend to use H225M for maritime CSAR, they are very happy with the NH90s for this purpose. It's just that some of the potential export customers have expressed an interest in this role.xav wrote: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.
http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php ... ew&id=1952The official ceremony marking the acceptance by the Arab Republic of Egypt of its first three Rafales was held today at the Dassault Aviation flight test center in Istres, under the patronage of His Excellency Mr. Ehab Badawy, Egyptian Ambassador to France, and in the presence of Dassault Aviation Chairman & CEO Eric Trappier
IDK... it kind off starts to piss me off this "blend camo" trend (it is not really new, its been around for the past decade or so).~UNiOnJaCk~ wrote:Looking rather good in EAF markings - very clean.
I hear you - but of the monotone grey schemes i think the light grey applied to the likes of the Rafale or the Eurofighter are some of the better looking examples out there. They kind of suit their shape in some respects. I do agree however that the F-35 in its strange graphite grey with duct tape like stripes is just dog ugly.xav wrote:IDK... it kind off starts to piss me off this "blend camo" trend (it is not really new, its been around for the past decade or so).~UNiOnJaCk~ wrote:Looking rather good in EAF markings - very clean.
Look at F35 or A400M
No matter who the end user is, they are all painted the same gray (for the A400M, they even all share the same Arial font style and size, even for Malaysian or Turkish AF...)
When are we gonna see things like that again ?!
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http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph ... ew&id=2922Navy Recognition learned that DCNS and its partner STX France recently received a risk assessment contract from the French procurement agency (DGA) to study a fully electric variant of its BRAVE replenishment tanker design. Unveiled at Euronaval 2010, DCNS updated the design of the BRAVE support ship for Euronaval 2012. BRAVE served as the basis for the study contract won by DCNS and STX in 2012 as part of the future FLOTLOG program which aims at replacing the Durance class auxiliary/replenishment vessels in the French Navy.
Can't think ofhand of too many countries that would either want,afford, or be able to run them. It's a wonder France hasn't tried to flog them as a basis for a 'Euro Navy'raven111 wrote:So does anyone have any idea what's going to happen to the Mistrals that aren't going to Russia any more?
Even DCNS nor the French Gov don't know the answer (yet)raven111 wrote:So does anyone have any idea what's going to happen to the Mistrals that aren't going to Russia any more?
Ocean replacement, for a big discount of course (it is second hand after all)raven111 wrote:So does anyone have any idea what's going to happen to the Mistrals that aren't going to Russia any more?
Is that a sales pitch tailored specifically to the oriental customer?arfah wrote:Don't sell them as warships, sell them as hotels or a floating heliport
love your thinking therePseudo wrote:I've got the perfect solution. Why don't we buy them as part of our foreign aid budget and "convert" them in to humanitarian and disaster relief ships?
http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph ... ew&id=2963The sensitive case of the non-delivery of two Mistral class LHDs to Russia reached an end tonight, after eight months of intense negotiations. According to an official press release from the French presidency, France and Russia reached an agreement.
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Under this agreement:
- The Russian Federation is exclusively and fully reimbursed of the sums advanced under the contract;
- Russian equipment that were installed on the vessels will be taken off board and given back to Russia;
- France will have full ownership and free disposal of the two vessels.
President Hollande and Mr Putin welcomed the friendly and open atmosphere of partnership that marked the negotiations.
Might India not be the more likely and possibly give a little explanation as to what might have happened with the Rafale deal?The Armchair Soldier wrote:It will be interesting to see what happens with them next.
I'm guessing only India and China are the two remotely feasible new homes for them.
