{"id":32825,"date":"2018-07-25T19:35:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T19:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/25\/france-takes-delivery-of-its-5th-fremm\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:39:08","slug":"france-takes-delivery-of-its-5th-fremm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2018\/07\/25\/france-takes-delivery-of-its-5th-fremm\/","title":{"rendered":"France takes delivery of its 5th FREMM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2014 The Directon G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019Armement took delivery July 18 of the fifth multimission frigate, marking a step toward an eight-strong fleet that will be the \u201cbackbone\u201d of the French Navy, the defense procurement office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Directon G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019Armement (DGA) received July 8, 2018, the Br\u00e9tagne frigate, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/01\/17\/greece-to-launch-talks-with-france-over-fremm-frigates-corvettes\/\" target=_blank> fifth FREMM multimission frigate<\/a> for the French Navy,\u201d the ministry said in a July 25 statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This anti-submarine version of the Franco-Italian cooperative FREMM program will renew the French frigate fleet with \u201ceight ships, which will make up the backbone of the surface fleet,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FREMM frigate \u2014 designed, developed and built by French shipbuilder Naval Group \u2014 is the only European warship armed with a naval cruise missile, the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2018\/05\/30\/we-spent-3-days-on-a-top-ffgx-contender-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Alpino.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">We spent 3 days on a top contender for the Navy\u2019s future frigate. 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The latter two will be air defense versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French frigate program has been a cash drain, according to The French Institute for Research on Public Administration and Politics. A report from the think tank published last February estimated a unit price of \u20ac800 million to \u20ac1 billion (U.S. $936 million to U.S. $1.2 billion) for eight warships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, the FREMM budget was \u20ac8.5 billion when the program then consisted of 17 frigates, with a unit price of \u20ac500 million. Successive governments cut the program to the present eight vessels, leading to a \u201ccost explosion,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work on the FREMM assures a large volume of work out to 2022 for Naval Group at Lorient, western France, as well as many subcontractors, mainly small and medium enterprises, the ministry said. 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