Xavier Vavasseur

OCCAR announced on 8 January, 2026, that the Italian FREMM EVO program has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) across all three domains: Platform, Combat System, and Whole Warship/Integrated Logistic Support. OCCAR press release The ac... See more

French President Emmanuel Macron today announced that France’s PA-Ng next generation aircraft carrier programme will proceed to the realization phase. This major milestone confirms that the French Navy’s current CVN Charles de Gaulle will be replaced from... See more

The nuclear reactor of the fourth Suffren-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) was fired up for the first time, according to a French Ministry of Defense release issued 14 December, 2025. With this new milestone, known as “divergence”, the De Gras... See more

The Swedish government’s offer of Saab’s A26 submarines to Poland has been selected by the Polish government to replace the current Kilo-class submarine. Naval News recently visited Saab Kockums’ shipyard in Karlskrona, where two A26 submarines are curren... See more

On November 18, 2025, the French Navy (Marine Nationale) frigate Amiral Ronarc’h carried out a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the replenishment tanker (BRF) Jacques Chevallier. The event involved two of the newest surface units of the French fleet, the F... See more