The French Navy has successfully launched air defence missiles from two of its warships, the air defence frigate Chevalier Paul and the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
The French Minister of Defence, Sébastien Lecornu, told “La Tribune” newspaper that France will supply Ukraine with an additional batch of Aster 30 air defence missiles.
On March 21, the French Navy’s FREMM-class frigate Alsace, operating in the Red Sea, successfully destroyed three ballistic missiles using the Aster 30 interceptors.
Eurosam, a joint venture of MBDA and Thales, will produce a new batch of Aster 30 air defence missiles for Italy.
The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) has announced the delivery of the first upgraded Aster 30 PAAMS Mid-Life Updated missiles to both France and Italy.
The Ministry of Defence of Singapore announced that its medium-range air defence system, SAMP/T with Aster 30 missiles, has achieved full operational capability.
On Wednesday 22 March 2023, the French Navy’s Lorraine multi-mission frigate enhanced with air defence capabilities (FREMM DA) successfully fired the Aster 30 air defence missile.
