The French Navy’s Jeanne D’Arc training and operational mission deployment began Monday as the task group, comprising of amphibious assault ship FS Mistral (L9013) and frigate FS Surcouf (F711 ...

TASS/. Pilots of Kamov Ka-52K helicopters designed for operation aboard Egyptian Mistral-class amphibious assault ships will undergo training in Russia, Chief Designer of the Kamov Design Bureau ...

The €1.12-billion contract to build the Mistral amphibious assault ships for the Russian Navy was signed in June 2011. In case it is not implemented, France will have to pay Russia a penalty fee.

The last of these amphibious assault ships, the Makin Island LHD-8 ... ships are similar to the American 25,000-ton San Antonio class and the French 21,500-ton Mistral class. The 071s have the ...