French Armed Forces Archives

Dassault Aviation Provides Two Falcon Aircraft for French Defense Ministry COVID-19 Relief Efforts

April 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Coronavirus, Dassault Aviation, Dassault Falcon 8X, Dassault Falcon 900, Dassault Falcon Service (DFS), France, French Armed Forces, Operation Resilience (France)

Dassault Aviation has made two Falcon business jets available to the French Defense Ministry as part of the Operation Resilience

Europe Naval

French Armed Forces Orders Three New Coastal Surveillance Vessels

March 3, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments France, French Armed Forces, French Coastal Surveillance Vessel (VCSM), French Navy, Gendarmerie Maritime, Gendarmerie nationale, Patrol boat, Socarenam

The French Armed Forces has ordered three additional coastal surveillance vessels (vedettes côtières de surveillance maritime, VCSM) from Socarenam Shipyard

Rheinmetall A400M Cargo Hold Trainer - Enhanced (CHT-E)

Europe Training & Simulation

French Armed Forces’ New Rheinmetall A400M Cargo Hold Simulator Enters Service

February 28, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus A400M Atlas, France, French Armed Forces, Rheinmetall, Training and Simulation

The French Armed Forces’ new cargo hold simulator supplied by Rheinmetall for the Airbus A400M transport aircraft officially entered service

Air Europe

France Launches Pre-Development Activities of H160M Guépard Helicopter

February 9, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Airbus Helicopters, Airbus Helicopters H160, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, France, French Armed Forces, H160M Guépard, Helicopter, Joint Light Helicopter (Hélicoptère Interarmées Léger; HIL) France, Safran Helicopter Engines (Turbomeca)

France has launched the pre-development activities for the militarized variant of the Airbus H160 helicopter, designated H160M Guépard (“Cheetah”) by

Europe Small Arms and Light Weapons

French Armed Forces Selects FN SCAR-H PR Precision Rifle

February 6, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, FN Herstal, FN SCAR-H PR, France, French Armed Forces, Sniper rifle

The French Armed Forces have selected the FN SCAR-H PR semi-automatic precision rifle to replace the FR-F2 rifles that are

Europe Small Arms and Light Weapons

French Armed Forces Orders Glock 17 Semi-Automatic Pistols

February 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, France, French Armed Forces, Glock, Glock 17, Pistol

French defense procurement agency, DGA has ordered 74,596 Glock 17 semi-automatic pistols (pistolets semi-automatiques, PSA) for the French Armed Forces.