France

Europe Space 

Airbus, Telespazio Join Forces to Sell Military Telecommunications Services on Syracuse IV Satellites

September 13, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, France, Leonardo, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Syracuse 4, Syracuse satellite (France), Telespazio, Thales, Thales Alenia Space

Airbus and Telespazio (Leonardo/Thales) have set up a partnership to market military telecommunications services using the future Syracuse IV satellites.

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Indian Air Force to Take Delivery of Its First Dassault Rafale Fighter Jet This Month

September 5, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Dassault Aviation, Dassault Rafale, Fighter aircraft, France, India, Indian Air Force (IAF)

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will formally take delivery of its first French-made Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft on September 19,

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Air Europe 

Patrouille de France Alpha Jet Crashes While Landing, Pilot Ejects

July 26, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Aerobatic/ flight demonstration, Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, France, Patrouille de France

An Alpha Jet aircraft, operated by the French Air Force’s aerobatic demonstration unit Patrouille Acrobatique de France (PAF), has crashed

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Europe Land 

Belgium Orders 382 VBMR Griffon and 60 EBRC Jaguar Armored Vehicles

July 19, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Belgian Land Component, Belgium, EBRC Jaguar, France, VBMR Griffon

Belgian Army has notified a contract with the French defense procurement agency, DGA (Direction générale de l’armement), for the acquisition

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Europe Naval 

Naval Group Launches French Navy’s First Barracuda-Class Nuclear Attack Submarine, Suffren

July 12, 2019July 13, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Barracuda-class SSN, France, French Navy, Naval Group, Nuclear attack submarine (SSN), SNA Suffren, Submarine

Naval Group has launched the French Navy’s first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, named Suffren, during a ceremony at its facility

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Europe Naval 

Naval Group to Launch French Navy’s First Barracuda-Class Nuclear Attack Submarine, Suffren, on July 12

July 10, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Barracuda-class SSN, France, French Navy, Naval Group, Nuclear attack submarine (SSN), SNA Suffren

Naval Group will launch the French Navy’s first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, Suffren, during a ceremony at its facility in

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Deployments Europe Naval 

French Navy Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle Return Home After Four-Month Deployment

July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Charles de Gaulle (R91), France, French Navy, Mission Clemenceau (French Navy), Toulon Naval Base

French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has returned to its home port of Toulon Naval Base after completing four-month

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Deployments Europe Naval 

Chinese PLA Navy Destroyer Xi’an Arrives in Toulon, France

July 5, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments China, Destroyer, France, People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Type 052C destroyer, Xi'an (153)

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Type 052C guided-missile destroyer Xi’an (153) arrived at Toulon port, southern France on

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Europe Land 

French Army Takes Delivery of First VBMR Griffon Multi-Role Armored Vehicle

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Armoured personnel carrier (APC), Armoured Vehicle, France, French Army, Nexter Systems, VBMR Griffon

French Army took delivery of the first VBMR Griffon multi-role armored vehicle during a ceremony at Nexter’s facility in Satory,

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Air Europe 

France’s DGA Receives First Batch of Novadem NX70 Micro-UAV Systems

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, France, French Armed Forces, Micro-UAV, Novadem, Novadem NX70, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

The French Defense Procurement Agency, DGA, took delivery of first batch of five Novadem NX70 micro-unmanned aerial vehicle, the agency

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