Military Procurement International Vol. 18, No. 9, May 1, 2008
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MOROCCO
FREMM
frigate contract
On April 18 in Rabat, French Prime Minister François
Fillon confirmed that the DCNS
shipyard group has finalised a contract with the Royal Moroccan Navy for a 6,000t multi-mission FREMM frigate. He
gave no details concerning the value of the order, the equipment fit or the
planned delivery date.
DCNS CEO
and Executive Vice President Bernard Planchais commented: “We welcome the
decision by Morocco’s highest authorities in favour of the DCNS-designed FREMM
frigate to modernise their fleet. This ship will benefit from the many advances
arising from the FREMM program to produce a new generation of front-line vessels
for the French Navy. Morocco is our
first international customer for this new generation vessel.”
The
French Navy has so far ordered eight FREMMs and the Italian
Navy another six, out of a total 27 of the multi-mission frigates planned
for the two fleets. DCNS is the prime contractor for the French Navy FREMMs,
which are armed with state-of-the-art weapons and systems including the Herakles
multifunction radar, MU90 torpedoes, Exocet MM40 Ship-to-Ship Missiles (SSMs)
and Aster Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs). © DAPSS
S.A., 2008, Switzerland