MBDA's One Way Effectors will be able to regroup in a holding area before descending in swarms on their targets. (©MBDA) [News] Paris Air Show 2025. Drones: more numerous, higher, further June 20, 2025 Romain Mielcarek Airbus, Bourget, Brief, Dassault, Drones, ONERA, radar, Thales, very high altitude 5 min read
[Note 14.01.2023] Defense industries – Doctrine, budgets, cooperation, equipment, companies 14th January 2023 B2 Writing Germany, Bulgaria, Canada, Caesar Cannon, Abrams tanks, Dassault, Drones, France, GICAN, Greece, Lithuania, Lockheed Martin, Nexter, Poland, Flurry 6 min read
[Decryption] Serial scrambles to get the SCAF out of the rut. Reality (v2) 30th November 2022 Agnes Faure Airbus Defense & Space, Bundestag, Dassault, Indra, SCAF 9 min read
[Confidential] SCAF (almost) unlocked. An agreement between manufacturers imminent (v2) 30 September 2022 Agnes Faure Airbus Defense & Space, Dassault, Spain, Franco-German, SCAF 4 min read
[Notebook 27.08.2022] Summer Special. Cooperations, equipment and capacities, companies August 27, 2022 Agnes Faure AAC, Airbus, Germany, Artillery, ATR, Plane, maritime patrol aircraft, AW249, BAE Systems, military bases, Boeing, Boxer, defense budget, Bulgaria, CaMo, tank, South Korea, CV90, Denmark, Dassault, DGA, Dragons 8x8, Heron drone, Embraer, Emmanuel Chiva, Company, Spain, United States, F-16, F-35, Farnborough, FMAN / CME, France, Frédéric Parisot, Future Vertical Lift, Helicopter, Tiger Helicopter, Hyundai, Indra, Japan, Javelins, Joel Barre, KMW, knds, Leonardo, Leopard 2, Lithuania, Military programming law, LPM 2024-2030, Marine, MAWS, Missiles, Ammunition, Naval Group, Howitzers, Patriot, Netherlands, Pierre Schill, Pierre-Vandier, Poland, Flurry, Rheinmetall, Romania, United Kingdom, Safran, SCAF, Scorpene, Sébastien Lecornu, Compulsory military service, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Tempest, Thales, Tiger Mk3, USA 24 min read
[Notebook 11.06.2022]. National doctrine, budgets, cooperation, equipment and capacities, companies June 11, 2022 Agnes Faure defense agreement, Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, Boxer, Budget, Christian Cambon, CV90, Dassault, DGA, EDA, Company, Space, Airspace, France, Israel, Joel Barre, Lithuania, Mig-29, Missiles, Naval Group, NH Industries, NH90, Norway, Paris Air Forum, Netherlands, Pierre-Eric Pommellet, Rafael, SCAF, Slovakia, Sweden, Tempest, Tiger Mk3, Armored vehicles, Lively 11 min read
[Verbatim] Manufacturers caught between the shortage and the increase in orders 1 April 2022 Agnes Faure Off-the-shelf purchase, acier, National Assembly, Strategic autonomy, Dassault, Company, FMS, Ukraine War 2022, Naval Group, Security of supply, Thales 7 min read
Dassault threatens to leave the SCAF by the end of the year. Bluff or not? March 15, 2022 Agnes Faure Airbus, Airbus defense and space, Franco-German cooperation, Dassault, SCAF 5 min read
The aircraft of the European future grounded. Several sticking points for SCAF (v2) February 15st, 2022 B2 Writing Airbus, Franco-German couple, Dassault, SCAF 4 min read
[Decryption] The Franco-German MAWS maritime patrol aircraft project is at a standstill. Avenues under study (v2) 7 December 2021 B2 Writing Airbus, maritime patrol aircraft, Franco-German cooperation, Dassault, Falcon 10X, Marine, MAWS 6 min read
Taking Rafale from the French fleet is not without consequences. Avenues under study (v2) July 20, 2021 B2 Writing Air Force, aviation, CEMA, Contract, Dassault, DGA, Military programming law, LPM, Navy, Mirage 2000, Flurry, Senate 5 min read
(credit: Dassault) Sale of Rafale to Egypt, a French victory according to the Minister of the Armed Forces 5 May 2021 Emmanuelle Stroesser Contract, Dassault, Florence Parly, France, free, Maghreb, Open 2 min read
[Verbatim] Distribution of the industrial load, intellectual property, the SCAF is in a difficult situation (Eric Trappier) March 8, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Airbus, Franco-German couple, Dassault, SCAF 9 min read
[Notebook 06.03.2021]. Confidential. Defense. SCAF. Equipment. Operations. Diplomacy. Penalties. Crisis areas. Security. Powers. Member States. Diary March 6, 2021 Emmanuelle Stroesser Africa, Germany, Austria, European plane of the future, European Investment Bank, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Future of Europe Conference, COPS, COVID-19, Dassault, Ebola, Legislative elections, Eric Papin, EUNAVFOR Med, F-35, FEDEF, European Defense Fund, France, Frontex, Gabriel Landsbergis, International Contact Group, Guinea, Hong Kong, XNUMX Safety Benefits, irini, Israel, Lithuania, Ludivine Dedonder, Michelle Bachelet, Naval Group, NATO, Political prisoners, Electoral reform, Refugees, Safran, SCAF, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Syria, Thales, Ukraine, vaccines, Venezuela, Yemen 16 min read
Notebook (09.01.2021). Confidential. Defense. Conflicts. missions and operations. EU diplomacy. Crises. Human rights. Powers. People. Jobs 9th January 2021 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Defense Agency, Barkhane, Middle School, COPS, COVID-19, Dassault, EUFOR Althea, Airstrike, Golf, Hong Kong, artificial intelligence, Iran, JCPOA, Kazakhstan, Libya, Lubomir Metnar, Mali, ONU, European Parliament, Death penalty, Sudan, Tabuka, Czech Republic, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam 9 min read
Notebook (03.08.2020). Confidential. Defense. EU diplomacy. Penalties. Crises. Human rights. Security. Powers. People August 3, 2020 B2 Writing calendar, Algeria, Germany, Azimjan Askarov, Bahais, Bryan d'Ancona, Central, COPS, North Korea, Ivory Coast, COVID-19, Crimea, Cyber attack, Dassault, EU Defense, Kerch Strait, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, Embargo, United States, Borders, Georgia, Houthis, India, Kyrgyzstan, religious freedom, Libya, Anti-terrorist list, restrictive measures, nuclear, South Ossetia, presidential, Flurry, RCA, Russia, deployed troops, Ukraine, Yemen, Yuri Dmitriev 12 min read
Notebook (27.07.2020). Featured: Mediterranean. Confidential. Defense. EU diplomacy. Penalties. Crises. Human rights. Security. Powers. People July 27, 2020 B2 Writing Southern Africa, Humanitarian aid, Germany, Andzejs Vilumson, Arctic, Arménie, Azerbaijan, Belarus, ECOWAS, Celine Gauer, Clement Beaune, Climate, COPS, COVID-19, Daech, Dassault, EU Defense, Disarmament, Spain, Islamic state, EUTM RCA, EUTM Somalia, Frieze el-Serraj, Foundation for Strategic Research, France, François Cornet d'Elzius, Nagorno-Karabakh, Hong Kong, Foreign interference, Iraq, Lars Bo Larsen, Libya, Macau, Mali, MFF 2021-2027, Noor Wali Mehsud, PESCO, Resilience plan, PSDC, United Kingdom, Russia, Sahel, drought, general Secretariat, Tadjikistan, Taliban, Terrorisme, Thales, Turkey, Ukraine 16 min read
Notebook (03.04.2020). Confidential. Defense. Operations. EU diplomacy. Crisis areas. Security. Coronavirus. Powers. 3 April 2020 B2 Writing Agreement, Africa, calendar, Army, Calendar, refugee camps, Capteurs, COPS, COVID-19, Crimea, Dassault, EU Defense, asylum seekers, Misinformation, Debt, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, Citizens' rights, Rule of law, EUNAVFOR Med, Euros, Extradition, External borders, Greece, Iraq, Iran, irini, Marc Becquet, Mike Pompeo, unaccompanied minors, Moyen Orient, NORDEFCO, NATO, European Parliament, Netherlands, repatriations, Land robots, United Kingdom, EUSR, Russia, sanctions, Sophia, Africa Strategy, Health systems, Turkey, Urgency, Venezuela, Yemen 15 min read