In the ongoing battle in Idlib, Syria, Turkish forces appear to impose an unprecedented operational tempo and relentless operational superiority largely related to the use ...
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With SCORPION, the French Army revolutionizes its combat capabilities in contact
Among the main European defense programs, the French SCORPION program undoubtedly holds a very special place. Truly structuring, it foresees nothing less than in-depth modernization ...
Read the articleThe DGA notifies the order of 54 Griffons MEPAC equipped with 120mm 2M2R mortars
In a press release published on January 24, the GME Scorpion - Momentary Group of Companies made up of Nexter, Arquus and Thales - declared that the DGA had notified them on 30 ...
Read the articleThe Army will collect 54 Griffons equipped with the automatic 2mm 2R120M mortar
It was time ! According to an article by Michel Cabirol in La Tribune, the Minister of the Armed Forces will soon validate in an inter-ministerial investment committee, the acquisition of 54 automatic 2R2M mortars from…
Read the articleThe VBMR Griffon, the Joker of the French Army, arrives in the units
On the occasion of a ceremony organized on the Satory site, in the presence of the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly, the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Bosser, ...
Read the articleLight armored vehicles, a French specialty
Belgian Defense Minister Steven Vandeput and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed an agreement to supply the Belgian armies with 60 EBRC Jaguar light tanks and 382…
Read the articleDefense Europe: Why does France fail to convince?
It's (almost) official now, Belgium has chosen, unsurprisingly, to replace its F16s, the American offer based on Lockheed's F35A. And even if the Belgian government takes the ...
Read the articleImportant decline in French defense sales in 2017
According to a report from the Ministry of the Armed Forces, order intake for French defense equipment exports slowed sharply in 2017, from 14 M € in 2016 to less than 7 M € in 2017.
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