The RAPIDFire system developed by the consortium formed by Thales and Nexter has been chosen by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to equip future French Navy vessels with new artillery. This new innovative and versatile close-in weapon system will provide the Navy’s surface vessels with an effective close-in defence capability ...
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of two KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refuelers to representatives from France’s Armée de l’Air’s 62st Transport Wing at Orléans-Bricy Air Base. France will receive a total of four Super Hercules aircraft — two C-130J-30 combat delivery airlifters and two KC-130J aerial refuelers — through a ...
The Prime Minister, Theresa May and President Macron have agreed a range of measures to strengthen defence cooperation between the UK and France at a summit at Sandhurst. The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson joined the Prime Minister, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and other members of the Cabinet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ...
The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has announced that over 2,500 British troops will train with their French counterparts, participating in exercises spanning Eastern Europe to Kenya. Sir Michael agreed the new training programme during his first bilateral meeting with Florence Parly, the newly appointed French Minister for the Armed Forces in ...