Manufacturer catalog

CNN MCO

CNN MCO is a French naval maintenance, repair, retrofit, and in-service-support company within Equans. Its defense relevance comes from maintaining and modernizing French Navy and allied naval vessels, and from program-support roles on French patrol-vessel procurements such as the Patrouilleur Outre-Mer and PCG-NG classes.

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CNN MCO presents itself as a technical ship-management partner for naval engineering, ship repair, retrofit, modernization, and vessel maintenance. The company's public site lists a headquarters in Guipavas near Brest, agencies at Toulon and Cherbourg, and overseas locations in La Réunion, Martinique, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia, matching the geography of many French naval support tasks.

GICAN describes CNN MCO as an Equans group company specializing in operational-condition maintenance, management, and upkeep for many categories of vessels. Its customer base includes the French Navy, foreign navies, civil and state shipowners, and shipyards. The same industry profile says the company works like a shipowner's technical department, using project-management, engineering, spare-parts, and subcontractor networks to keep ships available across their activity cycles.

CNN MCO's public defense references are concentrated in maintenance and modernization rather than original weapon design. Equans says the company won the French Navy maintenance contract for the three Toulon-based amphibious helicopter carriers in 2022 while retaining support for the BCR Somme at Brest. The company later announced work with Thales and CS GROUP to modernize navigation systems on the PHA fleet, with the first inertial-navigation deployment completed aboard Mistral in the second half of 2025.

naval maintenance and in-service supportship repairretrofit and modernizationnaval engineeringspare-parts and logistics supportpatrol-vessel sustainmentamphibious ship maintenance

Notable Systems

Félix Éboué class patrol vessel, Offshore patrol vessel, Naval Systems

Félix Éboué class patrol vessel

Offshore patrol vessel

The six-ship Patrouilleur Outre-Mer program was awarded by DGA to a Socarenam/CNN MCO consortium, with EDR describing CNN MCO's role in the industrial team as in-service support for the first six years of operational service.

Sources: Patrouilleur Outre-Mer (POM), Naval News POM overview, EDR POM steel cut
PCG-NG class, Next-generation coastal patrol vessel class, Naval Systems

PCG-NG class

Next-generation coastal patrol vessel class

The PCG-NG coastal patrol vessels are a Socarenam/CNN MCO procurement for France's maritime gendarmerie, with DGA describing development, production, and sustainment support under a contract that could cover up to six vessels.

Sources: DGA PCG-NG order
Mistral-class landing helicopter dock, Landing helicopter dock, Naval Systems

Mistral-class landing helicopter dock

Landing helicopter dock

CNN MCO is not listed here as original shipbuilder; it is included because Equans and CNN MCO sources document French Navy maintenance and modernization work on the three PHA ships, including Mistral, Tonnerre, and Dixmude.

Sources: Equans PHA maintenance award, CNN MCO PHA modernization

Manufacturer History

  1. GICAN membership

    GICAN lists CNN MCO as a member of the French naval-industry association since 2009, placing the company inside the organized French naval maintenance and refit sector.

    Sources: GICAN member profile

  2. POM procurement awarded

    Naval News reports that the DGA awarded the six-vessel Patrouilleur Outre-Mer contract on 24 December 2019 to a Socarenam/CNN MCO consortium for French overseas patrol-vessel renewal.

    Sources: Naval News POM overview

  3. PHA maintenance contract announced

    Equans announced that CNN MCO had won the maintenance contract for the French Navy's three Toulon-based amphibious helicopter carriers for seven and a half years while also retaining support for the BCR Somme at Brest.

    Sources: Equans PHA maintenance award

  4. PCG-NG order placed

    DGA ordered the first next-generation coastal patrol vessel for the maritime gendarmerie from the Socarenam/CNN MCO grouping under a contract structure that included sustainment and options for additional vessels.

    Sources: DGA PCG-NG order

  5. First PHA navigation upgrade deployed

    CNN MCO reported that its partnership with Thales and CS GROUP delivered the first inertial-navigation modernization deployment aboard Mistral in the second half of 2025.

    Sources: CNN MCO PHA modernization

Website links
Official websiteLegal noticesGICAN member profilePHA maintenance award

CNN MCO's public record is strongest for maintenance, modernization, program management, and in-service support. Catalog links should distinguish those roles from original ship design or construction unless a source explicitly identifies the company in the procurement or industrial team.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official websitePublisher: CNN MCO | Note: Official site supporting CNN MCO - Equans branding, service areas, workforce figures, French and overseas locations, and ship-maintenance positioning. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Legal noticesPublisher: CNN MCO | Note: Official legal notice supporting the Guipavas headquarters address, corporate form, share capital, registration numbers, and publication-responsibility listing. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GICAN member profilePublisher: GICAN | Note: French naval-industry association profile supporting Equans ownership, 2009 membership, workforce and revenue figures, maintenance/refit specialization, customers, activities, and vessel-class maintenance references. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Patrouilleur Outre-Mer (POM)Publisher: Ministère des Armées | Note: Official French defense page supporting the POM system context and listing Socarenam and CNN MCO as industrial participants. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Naval News POM overviewPublisher: Naval News | Note: Defense reporting supporting the 24 December 2019 DGA award to the Socarenam/CNN MCO consortium, six-vessel basing plan, missions, dimensions, endurance, crew, UAV, and armament context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • EDR POM steel cutPublisher: EDR Magazine | Note: Defense-industry reporting supporting the Socarenam and Mauric/CNN MCO industrial team, CNN MCO's initial in-service-support role, first-steel-cut milestone, and POM technical context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • DGA PCG-NG orderPublisher: Ministère des Armées / Direction générale de l'armement | Note: Official DGA release supporting the 12 August 2022 PCG-NG order from the Socarenam/CNN MCO grouping, sustainment scope, program ceiling, vessel dimensions, endurance, speed, armament, and planned locations. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Equans PHA maintenance awardPublisher: Equans France | Note: Equans release supporting CNN MCO's 2022 French Navy PHA maintenance contract, BCR Somme support, and longer maintenance references across French naval vessel classes. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • CNN MCO PHA modernizationPublisher: CNN MCO | Note: Official company news supporting the PHA navigation-modernization partnership with Thales and CS GROUP, CNN MCO's integration role, and first deployment aboard Mistral in the second half of 2025. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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PCG-NG class, Next-generation coastal patrol vessel class, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsPCG-NG classNext-generation coastal patrol vessel classBuilt in: FranceThe PCG-NG class is a French next-generation coastal patrol vessel programme designed by Mauric and built by Socarenam for state-action-at-sea missions. The 46-metre vessels combine a stern ramp, fast RHIB launch-and-recovery, seven-day endurance, and light machine-gun armament for maritime policing, border control, fisheries enforcement, surveillance, search and rescue, and patrol support around metropolitan and overseas French waters.
Félix Éboué class patrol vessel, Offshore patrol vessel, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsFélix Éboué class patrol vesselOffshore patrol vesselBuilt in: FranceThe Félix Éboué class patrol vessel, also known as the Patrouilleur Outre-Mer (POM), is France's six-ship overseas offshore patrol vessel program for sovereignty, maritime surveillance, law-enforcement, environmental-protection, and rescue missions in distant EEZs. Built by Socarenam with CNN MCO support and designed by MAURIC, the class is distributed across Nouméa, Papeete, and La Réunion and combines diesel-electric propulsion, a 5,500 nm range, a 24-knot top speed, UAV integration, and a 20 mm Narwhal remote weapon station for extended Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean patrol work.