The French Air Force is considering procuring an undisclosed number of US-made CH-47 Chinook tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopters, French magazine ‘Challenges’ reported. Chief reporter of Challenges, Vincent Lamigeon, was able to… Continue reading "French Air Force Considering Purchase of CH-47 Chinook Helicopters"
The first of France’s “new generation” Suffren (Barracuda) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN) was unveiled and officially launched in a ceremony at Naval Group’s facility in Cherbourg on 12 July.… Continue reading "France Launches First Nuclear-Powered “Barracuda” Submarine"
France’s Naval Group was awarded a contract to build four Gowind-class corvettes for the Romanian Navy, the Romanian Minister of Defense announced on Wednesday, July 3. The deal for four… Continue reading "France’s Naval Group Wins $1.4 Billion Contract for Romanian Navy Corvettes"
The crew of a French Army Gazelle light helicopter were rescued this month after their airframe suffered a ‘hard landing’ after being engaged by an insurgent PKM medium machine gun… Continue reading "French Army Tiger Rescues Downed Airmen"
Intelligence Online and Defense News were both able to independently verify that the United Arab Emirates and French shipbuilder Naval Group have concluded negotiations for the purchase of two Gowind-class… Continue reading "UAE Discreetly Signs for Two Gowind-class Corvettes from France’s Naval Group"
France’s Dassault Aviation and multinational Airbus Defense and Space unveiled a mock-up of their New Generation Fighter (NGF) at the Paris Air Show 2019. The unveiling was performed by Eric… Continue reading "Future European Fighter Unveiled by Dassault and Airbus"
Qatar received its first batch of 5 Rafale fighter jets built by France's Dassault Systems on May 5th, the Qatari Ministry of Defense announced.
Airbus Helicopters showcased a mock-up of the H160M helicopter pitched for the French Joint Light Helicopter (Hélicoptère Interarmées Léger — HIL) program as the French Minister of the Armed Forces Florance Parly announced the program to be brought forward one year.
Formidable Shield 19, an integrated missile defense exercise held off the coast of Scotland, will begin tomorrow. Taking place on the Hebrides Range, the exercise will last two weeks and… Continue reading "Live Fire Missile Defense Exercise Formidable Shield 19 Begins"
As part of France’s continuing small arms modernisation the French Army has announced the search for a new semi-automatic marksman’s rifle to replace the ageing FR-F2 bolt action sniper rifles.… Continue reading "France In Search of New Sharpshooter Rifle"