First test firing of the new generation medium-range surface-to-air defense system
On October 8, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) carried out the first qualification firing of the new generation Franco-Italian
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Capacity to fire beyond direct sight: Thales opens a new era for its 68mm laser-guided rockets
26 March 2024, Meudon, France – Thanks to the work of the DGA-funded Defense Technology Project “Study of a Direct
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Thales provides expeditionary operations centre demonstrator to French Navy for drone-based mine countermeasures missions
11 Mar 2024 – The French defence procurement agency (DGA) placed an order with Thales, via the Organisation for Joint
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Naval Group completes the modernisation of the third and last frigate of the La Fayette type
Paris, February 12, 2024 – End of 2023, Naval Group completed the modernisation of the third and last La Fayette
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The French MOD orders 109 CAESAR MkII from Nexter, a company of KNDS
2 February 2024 – The French MOD’s defence procurement and technology agency (DGA) has awarded Nexter, company of KNDS, a
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Naval Group to produce an autonomous underwater drone demonstrator for the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA)
Paris, 30 January 2024 – On December 28, 2023, DGA awarded Naval Group a framework agreement for the design, production
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French Army: first training deployment for the VBMR Griffon VOA artillery observation vehicle
The first training deployment in a major field exercise of the Griffon VOA (Artillery Observation Vehicle) artillery observation vehicle allowed
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Thales selected by the DGA to equip the French Navy’s new offshore patrol vessels with the latest maritime surveillance technologies
24 November 2023 – Thales will equip the French Navy’s seven first new offshore patrol vessels with its Bluewatcher hull
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Naval unmanned aerial system tested at sea from a French Navy frigate
Marignane, 31 October 2023 – Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group, in collaboration with the French Armament General Directorate, DGA (Direction
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France: the General Armaments Directorate receives the nuclear attack submarine Duguay-Trouin
On July 28, 2023, the [French] General Armaments Directorate (DGA) announced the receipt of the Duguay-Trouin, the second of the
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