This article was originally published in Naval News on 25 November 2021.

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First Two EDA-S Next Gen Amphibious Landing Craft Delivered to French DGA.

The French armament procurement agency (DGA) took delivery of the ‘Arbalette’ and ‘Arquebuse’, the first two new generation landing craft known as EDA-S. They were ordered in 2019 from CNIM for the French Navy and Army.

The EDA-S program is part of the renewal of the armed forces’ capabilities included in the 2019-2025 Military Programming Law (LPM) carried by the Ministry of the Armed Forces. The EDA-S replace the current landing crafts (also known as CTM) built in the 1980s.

Series production is being carried out in Saint-Malo (Brittany – West of France) by the French shipyard SOCARENAM, CNIM’s subcontractor for this project. The EDA-S program will support nearly 200 jobs at CNIM, SOCARENAM and their subcontractors.

The first two EDA-S will be delivered following a successful campaign of land and sea trials, which began in the summer of 2021 and was conducted by DGA experts with the support of the French Navy’s operational staff. These tests have validated the ability of the EDA-S to embark and disembark all types of transport vehicles and armored vehicles, including the heaviest of them (the Leclerc tank), whether on a beach, from a LHD or from a pier or an inclined ramp, day or night.

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