French Armed Forces

Europe Misc 

French, Allied Aircraft to Participate in Bastille Day Flypast

July 14, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bastille Day military parade, France, French Armed Forces

French military aircraft, along with aircraft from UK Royal Air Force (RAF) and German Air Force, will fly over Place

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Naval Europe 

French, Italian Helicopters Conduct Deck Landing Qualifications Aboard USS Bataan

June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aérospatiale Alouette III, Aérospatiale Gazelle, AgustaWestland AW101, French Armed Forces, Italian Navy, U.S. Navy (USN), USS Bataan (LHD-5)

French and Italian military helicopters conducted deck landing qualifications aboard U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5)

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Misc Europe 

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

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Naval Europe 

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Africa Air 

13 French Soldiers Killed in Mid-Air Helicopter Collision in Mali

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Airbus Helicopters H215M/ AS532 Cougar, Eurocopter Tiger, France, French Armed Forces, French Army, Helicopter, Mali

Thirteen French soldiers lost their lives when helicopters carrying them collided with each other at low altitude while supporting ground

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Americas Europe Land 

ECA Group Wins Contracts to Supply Cameleon LG Ground Robots to Canadian, French Armed Forces

October 10, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Cameleon LG UGV, Canada, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), ECA Group, France, French Armed Forces, Tactical ground robot, Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)

ECA Group recently won two contracts to supply its new-generation Cameleon LG ground robots to the Armed Forces of Canada

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