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Monday, January 30, 2012

DCNS signs four-year Horizon destroyer support contract

French frigate Forbin (D620)DCNS has signed a four-year contract with the French Navy's Fleet Support Service (SSF) to provide through-life support for Horizon-class destroyers Forbin and Chevalier Paul*.

The work will be carried out at DCNS's Toulon shipyard. DCNS and its programme partners will complete two major refits on each of the two vessels and conduct three intermediate layups for routine maintenance. The major refits represent several months of work, and the intermediate layups several weeks.

DCNS will act as overall prime contractor for the maintenance of all shipboard systems except the PAAMS weapon system**, working with 10 major equipment manufacturers, half of them Italian companies.

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