DCNS finalises contract for Multimission Frigate for Morocco
French Prime Minister François Fillon has confirmed at a seminar in Rabat (18th April) that DCNS has finalised the contract for a multimission frigate for the Royal Moroccan Navy. This front-line multimission fighting ship will be based on the FREMM design and will offer advanced capabilities for anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine missions.
Innovative engineering solutions, reduced crewing and ease of maintenance were among the key discriminators enabling DCNS to meet the customer’s operational capability requirements.
The FREMM programme — Europe’s most ambitious naval cooperation programme ever — calls for 27 multimission frigates for France and Italy. The 6,000-tonne vessels will be delivered in anti-submarine, anti-surface, anti-air and land strike versions to meet the client navies’ specific needs.
The FREMM frigates for the French Navy are being built under DCNS prime contractorship. These heavily armed ships will carry state-of-the-art weapons and systems including the Herakles multifunction radar, MU90 torpedoes and Exocet MM40 and Aster missiles.