The bâtiments ravitailleurs de forces, or BRF, are a class of future fleet tankers that are to replace the Durance-class units in French Navy service.

[1] First ship of the class was delivered to the French Navy in July 2023[2][3] and formally entered service in November 2024.

Replacement for the Durance type has been considered by the French Navy since 2009, with the military procurement law for years 2009–2014.

On 30 January 2019, OCCAR ordered four units from Chantiers de l'Atlantique and Naval Group for the French Navy.

[15] On 29 March, she carried out her first underway replenishment for the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, having refueled the air defence frigate Chevalier Paul a few days earlier.

Defensive weapons will include the Simbad-RC system firing Mistral Mk3 surface-to-air missiles (for at least the first ship in the series) and two 40CT cannon.

[20] In March it was confirmed that two Simbad-RC short-range SAM/SSM systems had been installed on the ship, on a platform located behind the bridge.

[21][22] Dates in italics constitute estimates In early October 2023, and still prior to her commissioning, Jacques Chevallier embarked on her first operational deployment into the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.