USNI News – French aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R91) is preparing to deploy, according to a French Navy release. Meanwhile the Italian Navy Cavour Carrier Strike Group has wrapped up a five-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, arriving home in Taranto on Oct. 30.

Defense News – The pace of change in maritime warfare requires Western navies to innovate faster and work more intimately with industrial partners to defeat evolving threats, the heads of the French and U.K. navies said.

European Defense Review – Capable to perform different types of mission, depending on its payload, the BlackBird, under development by Alseamar, exploits the capabilities of the company X-SUB expendable buoys to increase the boat captain situational awareness

(Thanks to Alain)

Navy Lookout – Here we look at the French Navy’s ambitious project to construct a 75,000-tonne nuclear-powered, conventional aircraft carrier for delivery in the late 2030s.

Naval News – The French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is set to depart for a major and long deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Dubbed “Clemenceau 25”, the mission is expected to set sail this month.

The War Zone – The first of France’s Defense and Intervention Frigates is a new-generation multi-mission warship that features an inverted bow.

Defense News –  The French Navy has ordered an autonomous underwater vehicle from Exail that will surveil critical infrastructure at depths of up to 6,000 meters.

Naval News – A French Navy Horizon type air defense destroyer successfully intercepted a USV attempting to attack a tanker in the Red Sea.

USNI News – French Navy frigate FS Bretagne (D655) is carrying out the second phase of its Indo-Pacific deployment starting with drills with the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) after conducting a crew swap in Japan. Meanwhile, submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) is preparing to carry out a joint maintenance effort with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine when it arrives in Australia, as part of AUKUS Pillar 1.

Naval News – The French Navy is aiming to achieve initial operational capability for seabed warfare in 2026. Within this capability development process, it is already implementing seabed-focused activities in advanced national operations and bilateral exercises.

The War Zone – The French frigate Alsace faced “uninhibited violence” from the Houthis via waves of drones and ballistic missile attacks.

Naval News – Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle and her escort are to set course mainly for the Eastern Mediterranean and will be operating under NATO command for the first time.

Naval News – Rear Admiral Chetaille tells Naval News about the French Navy’s seabed warfare strategy and the steps to build this key capability.

Naval News – Surveillance frigate arrived spoofing a commercial vessel and hiding her pennant number…

Naval News – A French Navy FREMM frigate successfully intercepted three ballistic missiles in the Red Sea.

Naval News – France’s future maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) must deliver multi-mission capability and greater capacity. The new MPA must also be in service by 2035, according to a French naval maritime patrol officer and subject matter expert.

War on the Rocks – French Navy Adm. Raoul Castex (1878–1968) is the greatest naval strategist you probably never heard of.

The War Zone – Allied warships and aircraft repulsed a mass drone attack in the Red Sea, but it’s still an ominous sign that the Houthis aren’t backing down.

Breaking Defense – A company official told Breaking Defense that the micro AUV market is relatively niche, but new startups are beginning to pop up, and it’s likely a similar trend to the proliferation of uncrewed aerial systems and uncrewed ground combat systems will soon emerge in the naval domain.

Defense News – Western navies are preparing for wartime scenarios where they may face degraded operational conditions, including a loss of satellite communications, navy commanders from the U.S. and France said at the Paris Naval Conference this week. The French navy includes two or three days of drills under “back to the ‘80s” conditions whenever it deploys its carrier strike group, which means operating without satellite communications, Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Nicolas Vaujour said at the conference.

Reuters – About 1,000 people from Gaza have been treated in a French field hospital aboard the Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier,  off the coast of Egypt, its captain said, providing care for some as health infrastructure in the war-devastated enclave collapses.

USNI News – Houthi forces attacked a Norwegian bio-diesel tanker in the Red Sea on Monday – just days after the spokesman for its military said the organization would target any ships heading to or from Israel.

Naval News – French and Philippine defense officials met last Friday in Manila to discuss how the two countries can enhance their military cooperation.

Naval News – The French Navy Mistral-class LHD Tonnerre departed its home port of Toulon yesterday. The vessel is now en route to the Eastern Mediterranean, an area where naval vessel presence is getting increasingly busy…

War on the Rocks – A recent contribution by two French naval officers, Thibault Lavernhe and François-Olivier Corman, stands out. Seeking to refocus discussion naval warfare on naval tactics and reconnect with naval doctrine, they push back against what one might refer to as technological determinism. In the process, they offer a highly informative take on naval warfare that makes the case for keeping humans in the loop for tactical rather than ethical reasons.