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AUSTAL DELIVERS FOR THE U.S. NAVY: The United States Navy (USN) accepted delivery of USNS Yuma (EPF 8) during a ceremony held aboard the ship at Austal

USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala.

Austal a CH-53 Super Stallion. FREMM multi-mission frigate Au- technological prowess of DCNS and its Navy before end of 2019, in accordance

Three Spearhead-class EPF vessels re- vergne to the French Navy, the fourth of subcontractors,” said Nicolas Gaspard, with the 2014-2019 military program- main under construction at Austal USA, the series ordered by OCCAR1 on behalf director of the FREMM program at ming law. DCNS is currently complet- including the future USNS City of Bis- of the DGA (French armament procure- DCNS. “The frigate Auvergne illustrates ing the FREMM Bretagne, which was marck (EPF 9), to be christened in May ment agency). \Delivery of the FREMM our capacity to produce and deliver on ? oated on 16 September 2016, and is 2017. Modules for Burlington (EPF 10) multi-mission frigate Auvergne is the time a series of front-line combat vessels pursuing the assembly of the FREMM and Puerto Rico (EPF 11) are under con- result of a design and construction pro- to satisfy the needs of our client navies.” Normandie. Furthermore, work has al- struction in Austal’s module manufactur- cess managed by DCNS in close coop- On completion, the FREMM program ready started on the ninth FREMM in ing facility (MMF). eration with the French Navy, DGA and will represent the construction of 10 ves- the series, the Alsace, which will be one

OCCAR teams. “The delivery of the sels on the DCNS Lorient site, of which of the two FREMMs with strengthened

FREMM Delivered FREMM Auvergne represents an op- eight for the French Navy. Six FREMM anti-aircraft capacities, whose deliveries

In early April DCNS delivered the portunity to applaud the industrial and would have been delivered to the French are scheduled before 2022.

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