Services

Naval Group is eager to answer to various navies’ determination to achieve operational excellence by offering a complete range of services that cover the complete life cycle of ships and naval infrastructures.

Sovereignty at sea is won over time and requires fleets that are available and reliable, with a high level of performance. Naval Group’s services offer comes with long-term support to navies and local industrial entities, to ensure that their fleets contribute - both at present and in the future - to the nation’s sovereignty.
Capitalising on the operational experience acquired both in France and abroad, our support services range from the supply of spare parts using digital platforms such as Navygate©, technical assistance provided by our experts and equipment suppliers, to more integrated models addressing all support items on top of the existing industrial bases of our clients.
In addition, our training courses on ship operation or maintenance, based on modern simulation means, enable not only quick adoption of the ships by the crews, but also the required skill transfer to the support teams or local industrial entities.
We have also developed unique expertise which we draw on to offer our clients solutions to create, optimise or modernise their naval bases and industrial infrastructures.

15

navies : logistics support

300

simulators in service

20

major ISS programs

45

French navy ships maintained in service each year

18

transfer of technology programs and continuous training

3

naval infrastructures

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The Languedoc FREMM undergoing maintenance in Toulon

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The Saphir SSN undergoing maintenance in Toulon

Our tailored service offering

    Keeping fleets operational

    Configuration management enables to guarantee optimised ship operation and maintenance, both in terms of maintaining technological superiority or processing obsolescence. Armed with ship design, building and maintenance capabilities, Naval Group has the experience and capacity to implement maintenance engineering processes which guarantee that the technical and documentary repository for ship support is updated and optimised.

    Configuration management enables to guarantee optimised ship operation and maintenance, both in terms of maintaining technological superiority or processing obsolescence. Armed with ship design, building and maintenance capabilities, Naval Group has the experience and capacity to implement maintenance engineering processes which guarantee that the technical and documentary repository for ship support is updated and optimised.

    These processes take the form of consistent maintenance plans, satisfying both the operating safety and logistics flows criteria, and a constantly monitored supply chain to ensure perfect synchronisation with the operational requirements. Through the digitalization of its ships (Intelligent Maintenance System) and its maintenance processes (Computerized Maintenance Management System), Naval Group provides its customers with greater agility and anticipation.

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    Optimised ship operation

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    Continuous improvement of the operational capabilities and lifetime extension of the ships

    Naval Group offers modernisation solutions for combat and platform systems, increasing the lifetime and the capabilities of surface ships and submarines and ensuring their ability to counter new threats (such as cyber-attacks, etc.).

    Its unique expertise in ship design, building and maintenance enables Naval Group to act as a whole warship architect to deploy standalone equipment changes, integrated and complex system modernisations, and complete ship refits.

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    The Gowind® in dry dock in Alexandria

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    Training courses tailored to the needs of our customers

    The training of crews and local industrial entities are critical issues as they enable ship operation and maintenance which ensure operational sovereignty and superiority. Naval Group offers a comprehensive array of services and solutions to this end:

    • training courses on the operation and maintenance of systems and equipment (covering each maintenance level for navies and industrial entities),
    • operational training,
    • shipbuilding training (as part of transfer of technology programs).

    A wide range of training courses can be deployed according to the needs: academic training, on-site training or training based on full-scale virtual or augmented reality simulators. Naval Group has an extensive catalogue of simulators adapted to the various educational needs.

    Naval Group offers modular, customizable and innovative training to provide assistance to navies over the entire or part of the life cycle of the ship.

    To guarantee the highest level of learning, Naval Group draws on its teams of specialists and experts and on its partnerships with equipment suppliers.

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    Ship subsurface nuclear (SSN) submarine control simulator

    Services