Egyptian Navy: News

DCNS Cuts Deal With Egypt for 4 Gowind Ships

PARIS — French shipbuilder DCNS has sold four Gowind warships to Egypt, with the first 2,500-ton corvette to be built in France and the remaining three in Alexandria through a technology transfer, a company spokesman said Friday.

The contract was signed in June and has now gone into effect, the spokesman said. The spokesman declined to confirm the €1 billion (US $1.4 billion) value for the four units reported on the website La Tribune.

This is a “major program for the Egyptian Navy,” he said.

A further two units are held as options, the spokesman said. The deal includes DCNS’ Setis combat management system and is seen as a boost for Egyptian local industry.

Egypt to buy FREMM frigates

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Egypt received the French Navy multipurpose frigate FREMM

The ship - a product of the joint Franco-Italian cooperation in the construction of multi-purpose frigates. Its length is 112 meters, a displacement of 60,000 tons.

CAIRO, June 23 - RIA Novosti. The Minister of Defence of Egypt Sidqi Subhi Tuesday took part in the solemn ceremony of handing over Paris Cairo brain multipurpose frigate FREMM.

The ceremony, according to the portal Egyptian newspaper "Al-Ahram" , took place in the French port city of Lorient.

"This will allow the Egyptian navy frigate to make a qualitative step forward" - said at the handover ceremony of the warship Defense Minister of Egypt.

The contract for the supply of a frigate between Cairo and Paris was signed by the heads of the defense departments of the two countries in February this year in the Egyptian capital. At the same time an agreement was signed and the sale of fighter jets to Egypt 24 Rafale.

According to media reports, the total amount of the transaction on the sale of frigates and destroyers of about 5 billion euros.

Length FREMM multipurpose frigate head is 112 meters and its displacement of 60 thousand tons. The ship - a product of the joint Franco-Italian cooperation in the construction of multi-purpose frigates.

He has several versions and can be used to destroy the underwater submarines, air defense, destroy surface ships and attack ground targets deep in enemy territory.

Egypt negotiates possible purchase of Mistral helicopter carriers built for Russia

Cairo is also interested in purchasing two Gorwind-class corvettes, but the sides cannot agree on the price

PARIS, September 23. /TASS/. The Egyptian delegation is currently in talks with France on purchasing two Mistral-type helicopter carriers built for Russia, La Tribune reported on Wednesday.

Egyptian negotiators received permission to discuss the possible deal from President Abdl Fattah al-Sisi. According to the sources cited by the French newspaper, apart from Mistral helicopter carriers, Cairo is also interested in purchasing two Gorwind-class corvettes, but the sides cannot agree on the price. The negotiations are complicated by the fact that the French Economy Ministry has proposed an inflated price which, in Egypt’s opinion, deprives representatives of the DCNS shipbuilding company responsible for the construction of helicopter carries of "any possibility for maneuver". "Last week, Egyptians almost closed the door twice because DCNS has nothing to answer them," the newspaper said.

The discussions were resumed at the last moment. However, La Tribune said it is hard to forecast any future developments. Negotiations will continue "until the end of October", and official decisions can be expected around this time, the newspaper noted. "In any case, Egypt looks very interested in purchasing assault ships, though it never had the equipment of such scale in its fleet," La Tribune said. "Around 10 days ago, the Egyptian delegation visited Saint-Nazaire. It is supposed that the ships will be stationed in the Red and Mediterranean Seas for a possible intervention in Libya and Yemen," the newspaper noted.


Mistral contract

The €1.12-billion contract to build the Mistral amphibious assault ships for the Russian navy was signed in June 2011.

The first Mistral, the Vladivostok, was floated in October 2013. It was expected to be handed over to Russia by the French side in the fall of 2014, but the handover did not take place.

The second Mistral, the Sevastopol, was to be delivered to Russia in October 2015, but the deal was suspended too.

France suspended the delivery of Mistrals to Russia as part of a package of sanctions the European countries imposed on Moscow for what they claimed was its alleged role in destabilization of east Ukraine.

Russia has constantly dismissed allegations that Moscow could in any way be involved in hostilities in Ukraine’s east.

In early August, Russia and France reached an agreement to officially cancel the contract. Under the deal, Russia gets the money and the equipment back, and France will then be able to use the warships.

First German diesel-electric submarine of Project 209 / 1400Mod, built for Egypt





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Implementation of the contract with Egypt on the transfer of two Mistral-class LHDs will begin in the next few days

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Missile boat P-32 with C-801 in Egyptian "Ahmed Fadel"





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Mistral Helicopter Carriers to Arrive in Egypt in June-September

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France hands over first Mistral helicopter carrier to Egypt

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