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[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

(B2) The summer allowed Europeans to partially replenish their stocks. Ammunition in particular. The outline of the defense budgets for 2023 begins the shift towards a…

[Notebook 16.07.2022]. National doctrine, budgets, cooperation, equipment and capacities, companies

July 16, 2022 Agnes Faure Airbus, Germany, Belgium, defense budget, Bulgaria, C130H, Cédric Perrin, mine hunter, Conscription, Defence, Drones, Company, F-16, France, ASW frigates, Greece, Indra, Ireland, KMW, Kongsberg, Construction, LuLa, Mig-29, MQ-9 Reaper, Procurement, Homeland, Netherlands, Airborne platform, Radars, United Kingdom, communication satellite, Slovakia 11 min read

(B2) The Russian decision to stop supplying Eastern European companies responsible for maintaining Mi helicopters could force a review of the availability of these helicopters sooner than expected...

Defense Industry Notebook (18.06.2022). Eurosatory. National doctrine, cooperation, equipment and capabilities, companies

June 18, 2022 Agnes Faure Cooperation agreement, Belgium, C-130 Hercules, C-130J Spartans, C-390M, Caesar, Minehunters, Croatia, Embraer, Company, Eurosatory, F-16, European Defense Fund, Hensoldt, Hyundai, KMW, knds, Kongsberg, Lithuania, Anti-drones fight, Luxembourg, MQ-9 Reaper, Naval Group, Nexter, NH Industries, NH90, Netherlands, PGZ, STAR plan, Poland, rMCM, Romania, SCAF, Thales, theon 11 min read

(B2) Has Europe entered a war economy? The expression is bold. But a closer look at this 2022 edition of Eurosatory, the contracts signed, the dialogues outlined, there…

The battle tank of the future is to be operational by 2035, replacing the Leclerc and Leopard tanks in the French and German armies (Photo: Rheinmetall)

MGCS. Why is the tank of the future not moving forward?

February 8st, 2022 Agnes Faure Battle Tank, Franco-German, KMW, knds, MGCS, Nexter, Rheinmetall 6 min read

(B2) Launched between France and Germany in 2018, the MGCS program is stalling. The reason: the division of tasks between manufacturers has not been established. The system…

Ralf Ketzel and Holger Lenz (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann) and Péter Fedor (Hungary) sign the contract (credit: KMW)

Hungary shops at Airbus and KMW

December 21, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Airbus, caracal, Company, helicopters, Hungary, KMW, Leopard 2, Army modernization, Tibor Benko 2 min read

(B2) Unlike some of its eastern neighbors, despite its strong Euro-Atlantic bias, Hungary continues to buy European goods to modernize its army. This has been demonstrated again in recent days...

Nexter’s VBCI (credit: Nexter)

Kant: the terrestrial Airbus is born

July 30, 2015 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Chars, France, Frank Haun, Fusion, Jean-Yves Le Drian, KMW, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Leclerc, Leopard, Nexter, Rainer Arnold, Roderich Kiesewetter, Land 8 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) A little over a year after signing a letter of intent (read: Franco-German engagement in the land sector), the two French and German land armament champions Nexter…

A corruption case shakes the world of Greek intermediaries

December 31, 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Corruption, Greece, KMW, Market, regulations 1 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The arms procurement corruption scandal is gaining momentum in Greece. The Greek representative of the German arms company, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), was arrested on Monday (December 30)…