French patrol vessel L'Adroit

L'Adroit is a Gowind class patrol vessel specially designed by DCNS for maritime protection missions. It has a wide range of capabilities deployed through prevention and action assets optimized for maritime surveillance and policing duties, including fast commando boats, assault or transport helicopter, unmanned surveillance vehicles, electronic warfare intercept systems, shell doors, secure high-bitrate communication facilities and command aids.

Placed at the disposal of the French Navy by DCNS for a period of three years, L’Adroit sailed from its home base on France’s Mediterranean coast in May 2012 to conduct its first fishery policing and maritime security mission, including deployment for operation Thon Rouge, monitoring fishing vessels with red tuna quotas for 2012.

Key innovations
The 360° panoramic bridge and the integrated mast give the L’Adroit’s crew reliable information acquisition resources. The minimal superstructure of the ship leaves a substantial space available for air operations (helicopters, UAVs) and for launch and recovery of surface assets (RHIBs or USVs). The L’Adroit’s missions are managed by the POLARIS® combat system, which supplies essential detailed information on the ship’s environment, acquired by various detectors, deployed sensors and other ships integrated into the surveillance network. The mission system can also include MATRICS®, a maritime surveillance system capable of detecting suspicious course profiles automatically.

Missions
L'Adroit is a modern instrument for dealing with the constant increase in threats and illegal practices at sea. Area surveillance, the fight against piracy and terrorism, fishery policing, the fight against drug trafficking, protection of the environment, humanitarian aid, search and rescue at sea… L’Adroit is an offshore patrol vessel full of resources, capable of performing a wide spectrum of roles in coastal zones and on the high seas.