Naval Group Exhibits at World Defense Show

04.03.2022 Europe
Naval Group Exhibits at World Defense Show

Naval Group Exhibits at World Defense Show

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From 6 to 9 March 2022, Naval Group will attend the first edition of the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Naval Group will be showcasing its leading technologies designed to meet the needs of navies, offering surface ships and submarines solutions along with high tech systems and solutions for the entire vessels life cycle.

Naval Group and Saudi Arabia, a 30-year history Naval Group has been present in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 30 years. With its subsidiary based in the Kingdom, Naval Group is working to improve the Saudi fleet’s availability.

Naval Group is keen to adapt its offer to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 policy to develop further cooperation with local partners, to procure assistance and to transfer know-how through its subsidiary Naval Group Arabia.

A key milestone was completed with the signing in October 2015 of an agreement with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), to enhance research and development partnerships dedicated to the naval and maritime sectors.

Naval Group presents its leading technologies at the World Defense Show Naval Group’s booth at the World Defense Show will reflect its comprehensive offer with a focus on surface vessels as well as innovative solutions including:

• Belh@rra® Frigate

Belharra® (photo) is the new combat ship for naval supremacy and crisis management designed for navieslooking for a compact frigate able to perform the largest range of missions stand-alone or within a task force either for high sea long-lasting missions as for shallow water operation, in congestedand contested operational environment. As the first digital frigate, Belharra® features high levelcapabilities in anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine and asymmetric warfare domains, taking intoaccount French Navy operational legacy acquired in wartime situation. Belharra® offers a modulardesign and can be adapted to meet specific needs of navies.The French Navy FDI program will see the first of its five frigates completed in 2024 and theBelharra® has also been selected by the Hellenic Navy.

• Gowind® Corvette

Gowind® is Naval Group’s response to 21st century security and defence challenges. It is acorvette-size multi-mission Surface Combatant offering capabilities in all areas. It is designed toperform the full spectrum of naval defence operations and maritime security roles, with thehighest level of performance.

Sturdy, strongly equipped, highly manoeuvrable, Gowind® integrates, through Naval Group’sSETIS® Combat Management System and innovative structural solutions, the latest generationsensors and weapons. Designed to be used against air, naval or underwater threats from theinitial steps of the engineering process, Gowind® is multipurpose by design.

Gowind® enjoys significant commercial success as 12 units have already been sold. Most of thembuilt locally through Transfer of Technology and partnerships with local industry.

• Services:

Naval Group offers a range of services covering the entire life cycle of a ship, from design toconstruction, maintenance and dismantling. At Naval Group, more than 5,000 employees locatedin France and abroad, are responsible for the design, production and implementation of integratedlogistical support, in-service support and modernization of ships, training, simulators and marineinfrastructures. To optimize ship availability, Naval Group develops innovative digital servicesolutions in the fields of cyber security and intelligent maintenance.

Today, Naval Group is conducting more than twenty major in-service support programs. Eachyear, some fifty surface ships and submarines are maintained in service in France and abroad,drawing on rare expertise and high-quality industrial partnerships.

Naval Group is a partner to its customers' maritime sovereignty. An international player in navaldefence and heir to French naval know-how, Naval Group develops innovative solutions to meet theneeds of navies. Present throughout the entire life cycle of the ships, the group designs, builds,integrates and maintains submarines and surface ships, as well as their systems and equipment,through to dismantling. It also provides services for shipyards and naval bases.

With operationson five continents, Naval Group has a turnover of 4.1 billion euros and employs 16,028 people (full-timeequivalents / 2022 data).

 



 
 

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