Naval Group at Expodefensa 2021

Gowind

29 November 2021 International Partners Press release

From 29 November to 1 December 2021, Naval Group participates to Expodefensa in Bogota.

Naval Group will showcase its surface ships and submarines solutions created for the navies. Naval group will also support its high-tech systems and solutions designed for the entire vessels life cycle showcasing its unique capacity to accompany navies with a large offer for simulation, modernisation, maintenance and services.

Come and meet us on the French Pavilion!

Contributing to the naval and maritime ecosystem in Colombia and Latin America

Naval Group is one of the rare players in the naval industry to have the capacity to design, build, maintain and upgrade surface ships as well as submarines, but also naval infrastructures and naval bases. It is one of the few manufacturers in the world able to offer fully armed ships with their combat systems and the equipment necessary for their engagement in theatres of operations.

Naval Group is an international and global player that strengthens its footprint worldwide through its presence on 4 continents and in 18 countries to ensure a sustainable presence close to its clients.

The Group is significantly increasing its multi-domestic presence in Latin America to strengthen its long-lasting cooperation with the navies in the region.

With this logic in mind, Naval Group opened a regional representative office in Bogota in 2016 to reinforce its partnership with the naval defence industry in the region and its participation to the naval defence projects launched by the Colombian navy and neighbouring countries.

The Colombian Navy initiated in 2015 the replacement of the Padilla frigates (Plataforma Estrategica de Superficie program). This program requires the new ships to be built locally which will involve the development of a naval ecosystem through intergovernmental, industrial, academic and scientific cooperation. On the longer run, the Colombian Navy will also need to replace its submarine fleet.

In South America, Naval Group has a strong footprint in the submarine field through major contracts with Chile and Brazil thanks to our Scorpène® submarine, the most suitable solution for the submarine replacement programs in the region. The Group is also proud of its successes in the retrofits of combat management system (CMS) on U209 submarines in the region which demonstrates its ability to work closely with the navies and local industrial partners, even on submarines not of its own design and construction.

Naval Group presents its leading technologies at Expodefensa 2021

Naval Group’s stand at Expodefensa 2021 will reflect its comprehensive offer with a focus on both surface ships and submarines as well as innovative solutions:

  • Gowind®: a sea-proven international success for the “Plataforma Estrategica de Superficie” program.

Gowind® is the multimission frigate proposed to Colombia for the “Plataforma Estrategica de Superficie”program. Gowind® is Naval Group’s response to 21st century security and defence challenges. Multipurpose is the key world to define the Gowind capabilities

In term of construction and ability to accompany navies and their indsurtes with the abroad construction Nine of the twelve Gowind® vessels contracted are being built with foreign partners including Egypt, through a transfer of technology. The first Gowind® built in Egypt was delivered on January 2021.

  • Scorpene®: combat-proven oceanic submarines for the replacement of the Peruvian fleet.

Scorpene® is the conventional submarine proposed to Peru for its fleet replacement in the coming decade. Naval Group combines unique platform and combat system skills to provide operational superiority and safety benefiting from the French Navy legacy.

Scorpene® is ideally suited for action and operational effectiveness. Robust and enduring, it’s an ocean-going submarine also designed for shallow waters operations. Multipurpose, it fulfils the entire scope of missions such as Anti-Surface and Anti-Submarine Warfare, special operations, offensive minelaying and intelligence gathering.

Standing as the latest generation of combat system, Subtics® addresses the growing challenges of modern submarines missions in blue and shallow waters such as Anti-Surface and AntiSubmarine Warfare, intelligence gathering, land-attack or deep strike. Highly modular and scalable, Subtics® can be integrated either on new platforms or as part of modernisation programs for existing submarines.

  • Services:

Naval Group offers a range of services covering the entire life cycle of a ship, from design to construction, maintenance and dismantling. At Naval Group, more than 5,000 employees located in France and abroad, are responsible for the design, production and implementation of integrated logistical support, in-service support and modernisation of ships, training, simulators and marine
infrastructures. To optimise ship availability, Naval Group develops innovative digital service solutions in the fields of cyber security and intelligent maintenance.

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

Press Contacts:

Faïza ZAROUAL
Mob.: +33 (0)6 31 65 78 25
Faiza.zaroual@naval-group.com