FRANCE
First French Air Force Reaper Drone Crashes
A French Air Force Reaper drone crashed in a desert area a few kilometres away from the Barkhane...
MBDA to Develop Next-gen MICA Missile for Rafale Fighters
MBDA has won a contract to develop next generation MICA missile, MICA NG from the French Defence Procurement...
French Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier Completes Mid-life Refit
Frances Naval Group has completed mid-life refit of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, the only nuclear powered...
France to Upgrade 144 Rafale Fighter Jets to F3-R Standard, Same as Export
Some 144 Dassault Rafale fighter jets in French service will be upgraded to the F3-R standard that brings...
Dasault Aviation Presents Rafale Successor Concept at Euronaval Exhibition
Dassault Aviation presented the concept of a ‘New Generation Fighter (NGF), a proposed successor to the Rafale fighter...
Thales Launches 4D AESA Radar for Naval Platforms
Thales today announced a 4D AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) air and surface surveillance radar, the NS50 for...
Airbus Helicopters’ Rapid, Cost-Efficient Rotorcraft Project Makes Progress
Key sub-systems of the Airbus Helicopters RACER (Rapid and Cost-Efficient Rotorcraft) technology demonstrator have now passed their preliminary...
Study Awarded to Upgrade Airbus’ Tiger Helicopter
The Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR), acting on behalf of the French, German and Spanish Armament agencies...
France to Cut US-made Components from its Military Products
France is working to reduce US-made components from its defense products so as not to run afoul of...
French AF Pilot to Train on Pilatus PC21 Turboprops Starting 2019
The first two Pilatus PC21 turboprop trainers to train French fighter pilots landed at Cognac air base on...
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