[In short] Mistral wins for MBDA
(B2) Five countries (France, Belgium, Estonia, Cyprus and Hungary) signed a letter of intent (LOI) on Monday (June 19) for the joint acquisition of Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles. very short range are
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(B2) Five countries (France, Belgium, Estonia, Cyprus and Hungary) signed a letter of intent (LOI) on Monday (June 19) for the joint acquisition of Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles. very short range are
Read(B2) The French president closed, Monday, June 19 in Paris, a conference on air defense, promised in February in Munich, in which experts from many allied countries took part, in front of about twenty
Read(B2) Paris has a solid and rehearsed organization, which the Ministry of the Armed Forces promises not to want to impose on the Allies. A look back at the operation of this French air defense and its police
Read(B2) The 13th meeting of the contact group on support for Ukraine at NATO headquarters on Thursday 15 June in Brussels made it possible to make progress on a specific point: the training of pilots
Read(B2) Parliamentarians should unequivocally welcome the new EU space strategy for defense and security proposed by the European Commission. But more funds will be needed. The draft report
Read(B2) The training of Ukrainian pilots on modern fighter aviation has started. A dozen or so countries are willing to participate, from near or far. It could take place in a framework
Read(B2) For France, the Orion exercise is on an unprecedented scale since the Cold War. With no less than 1700 Europeans and Allies deployed in the field. Particularly in recent days. A conflict simulation of
Read(B2) The 27 finally agreed on the process of joint procurement of ammunition for delivery to Ukraine. The final text must be approved this Friday (5 May). This follows an agreement
Read(B2) The European Commission has decided to launch a second concept study on an endo-atmospheric interceptor project. It will be entrusted to a Franco-German-Italian consortium. A project that overlaps, voluntarily, with the Spanish HYDEF project.
Read(B2) The permanent representatives of the 27 meeting at the end of the afternoon (from 16 p.m. to 18 p.m.) this Sunday (March 19) put the finishing touches to what could be the "basis" of a political agreement
Read(B2) The European Commission and the High Representative of the EU presented on Friday (10 March) their first space strategy for security and defence. About twenty pages, rather technocratic, which however contain some
Read(B2) Announced for March 8, the strategy aims to be the perfect proof that the defense of European interests will go through space. How ? This is the whole point of the debate over the next few weeks. A presence at
Read(B2) Beyond the debates on political gestures, there is the question of the usefulness of delivering battle tanks to Ukraine. The German Leopards 2 and the British Challengers 2, if they offer
Read(B2) It's the end of a long turbulent streak. Canada has definitely chosen the F-35, produced by Lockheed-Martin, for its future fighter aircraft. An agreement was reached on Monday (January 9) for the purchase of
Read(B2) The two French (Lecornu) and Polish (Błaszczak) Defense Ministers signed at the end of December — followed by the industrialists at the beginning of January — in Warsaw, the contract for the supply of a geospatial intelligence system. This
Read(B2) The integration of Japan into the future aircraft program driven by the British forces a new balance to be found with its European partners. An interesting study of RUSI highlights the difficulty of
Read(B2) The European Commission presented this Tuesday (29 November) a new strategy on drones. This civil strategy, which has one ambition — to create a European market for large-scale drones — has
Read(B2) Rheinmetall acquires a new ammunition production line. Ambition: position itself to prevent Europeans from turning to capabilities outside the European Union. The ammo requirement is
Read(B2) The agreement on the future air combat system (SCAF) was announced in Berlin as in Paris, this Friday (November 18). After intense negotiations. An agreement reached, in the process of being signed A “
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