DCNS has delivered the multi-mission frigate Auvergne to the French Navy, the business introduced on 11 April.
here's the fourth FREMM frigate of the series ordered by using company for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) on behalf of the French armament procurement company (DGA).
The design and building procedure of Auvergne turned into managed by way of DCNS in close affiliation with the French Navy, DGA and OCCAR.
The FREMM programme will see the construction of 18 vessels; eight for the French Navy and ten for the Italian Navy.
DCNS is presently working to finished the FREMM Bretagne, which turned into floated on sixteen September 2016 and meeting of FREMM Normandie is ongoing. Work has already commenced on the ninth FREMM within the sequence - Alsace - which should be certainly one of two FREMMs with reinforced anti-plane capacities to be delivered before 2022.
Nicolas Gaspard, director of the FREMM programme at DCNS, said: 'The beginning of the FREMM Auvergne represents a chance to applaud the commercial and technological prowess of DCNS and its subcontractors. The frigate Auvergne illustrates our capacity to produce and carry on time a series of front-line fight vessels to satisfy the wants of our customer navies.'
