France

Europe HLS 

OCEA Shipyard Receives French Customs Order for Two OCEA FPB 100 MKII Patrol Boats

January 27, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments France, French Customs, French Guiana, OCEA FPB 100, OCEA Shipbuilding, Patrol boat, Saint-Martin (France)

The French Customs has signed a contract with OCEA shipyard for two new OCEA FPB 100 MKII patrol boats, the

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Cyber Europe 

Airbus CyberSecurity Awarded Five Major Cyber-Surveillance Contracts in France

January 27, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus CyberSecurity, Cybersecurity, France

Airbus CyberSecurity won five new contracts with major groups or organisations in the industrial, finance and institutional sectors, some of

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Europe Land 

France’s DGA Receives First Five Nerva-LG Micro-Robots Ordered Under Scorpion Program

January 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, France, French Army, French Army Technical Section (STAT), Nexter NERVA UGV, Tactical ground robot, Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)

The French defense procurement agency, DGA received the first five Nexter Nerva-LG extended recognition micro-robots ordered under the Scorpion program

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Europe Naval 

Socarenam, CNN MCO Receives Contract to Build Six Overseas Patrol Vessels to French Navy

January 24, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Bureau d'études Mauric, CNN MCO, France, French Navy, French Navy Patrouilleur Outre-mer (POM) vessel, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), Réunion, Socarenam

Socarenam and CNN MCO have been awarded a contract to build six new overseas patrol vessels for the French Navy,

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Europe Land 

DGA Awards MEPAC Contract for VBMR Griffon Mounted Mortar Systems

January 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Armoured Vehicle, Arquus, EBMR Scorpion program, France, French Army, Mortar, Mortar carrier, Nexter Systems, Thales, Thales 120mm 2R2M mortar, VBMR Griffon

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) awarded the MEPAC contract to the Nexter-Arquus-Thales consortium to deliver VBMR Griffon mounted mortar

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Africa Land 

French Military CaRaPACE Tanker Truck Hit by IED Explosion in Mali, Two Injured

January 23, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments France, French Army, Improvised explosive device (IED), Mali, Operation Barkhane, Scania CaRaPACE, Tanker truck

A French military CaRaPACE tanker truck was damaged by the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) about ten kilometers

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Europe Land 

French Army Takes Delivery of 92nd VBMR Griffon Multi-Role Armored Vehicle

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Armoured personnel carrier (APC), Armoured Vehicle, Arquus, EBMR Scorpion program, France, French Army, Nexter Systems, Thales, VBMR Griffon

The EBMR consortium, consisting of Nexter, Arquus and Thales, delivered the 92nd VBMR Griffon multi-role armored vehicle to the French

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Europe Industry 

Naviris Joint Venture Between Fincantieri and Naval Group Fully Operational

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Europe, Fincantieri, France, Italy, Joint venture (JV), Naval Group, NAVIRIS

The first board meeting of Naviris, the joint venture between Italy’s Fincantieri and France’s Naval Group, took place, the companies

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Air C4ISR Europe 

DGA Contracts Dassault, Thales for French Air Force ARCHANGE SIGINT Aircraft Program

January 14, 2020January 19, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Capacité Universelle de Guerre Électronique (CUGE), Dassault Aviation, Dassault Falcon 8X, Dassault Falcon 8X 'ARCHANGE', France, French Air Force, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Thales

French defense procurement agency, DGA has announced the contract award to Dassault Aviation and Thales to develop French Air Force’

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Europe Misc 

OCCAR Inaugurates New Site in Paris

January 14, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Europe, France, Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR)

The official inauguration of the new OCCAR Paris site has taken place on December 18, 2019, concurrently with the Board

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