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Greece will start negotiations to buy a fourth Belharra frigate from France to strengthen its navy as it recovers from a decade-long debt crisis, the country's defence minister said on Thursday.
[16] [17] Such contracts include construction of pre-outfitted blocks in Salamis Shipyards and shipment to France for assembly (starting from the third Greek frigate, and constructed for both Greek and French frigates). [18] In 2024 it was decided to adjust the production sequence by reassigning the fourth and fifth vessels in the production ...
The Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (English: Defence and Intervention Frigate) or FDI, [5] formerly denominated Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire (English: Medium-Size Frigate) or FTI, is a programme launched in 2015 to produce a new class of first-rank French frigates to complement the Aquitaine-class.
Greece also negotiated the acquisition of four new Freedom-class frigates from the United States to replace older Ellis ' and proposed to the US a wider package of upgrades and future co-production opportunities involving the Constellation-class frigate, currently being developed for the US Navy. The final decision on the type and origin of the ...
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF/BRASILIA (Reuters) - A consortium formed by Germany's Thyssenkrupp AG <TKAG.DE> and Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA <EMBR3.SA> signed a deal on Thursday to deliver four ...
Contacts between Greece and France were to begin initially at a military level, starting in February 2018. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] In April 2018, Greek deputy Minister for National Defence Fotis Kouvelis stated that an agreement between France and Greece was reached for a five-year lease of two FREMM frigates, which could have been handed over as early ...
Variant of the Dutch Kortenaer-class frigates. Elli and Limnos built specifically for the Hellenic Navy. Eight further Kortenaer-class frigates bought second-hand from the Netherlands. Bouboulina decommissioned in 2013. France: Class: Kimon (F 601) Φ/Γ Κίμων: Commissioned in September 2023.
The Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis echoed Macron's statement, saying, "This opens the door to the Europe of tomorrow that is strong and autonomous, capable of defending its interests." [11] For the first time it is clearly stipulated that there be military assistance in the event of a third party attacking one of the two states.