French Army; the Scorpion is ready to sting
The annual briefing on the French Army Scorpion programme took place December 9th in Paris, and allowed to get deeper
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2 – The Scorpion programme status; the DGA view
The first speaker was Ingénieure en Chef de l’Armement (ICA, equivalent to Colonel) Marie, the Director of the Scorpion programme
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Arquus-Nexter-Thales: Scorpion, Griffon command post is qualified
November 23, 2020 – On 13 November 2020, the French Delegation for Armaments (DGA) qualified the command post vehicle (EPC)
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MBDA completes qualification firing trials of the Sea Venom/ANL missile
26 November 2020 – The Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile has completed its qualification firings trials, with a successful final firing
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France: defence programmes and challenges, the DGA view
By Paolo Valpolini In late October the French General Armaments Director, Joël Barre, illustrated during a press conference the DGA
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French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly welcomes the successful first naval cruise missile launch by the Suffren nuclear attack submarine
On October 20, 2020, the Suffren, the first of the six nuclear attack submarines of the BARRACUDA programme, successfully completed
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Nexter places a major order with EURENCO for artillery modular charges
15/07/2020 – Within the framework of a contract notified by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) on 11th May, Nexter
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France – The Ministry of the Armed Forces launches the first military developments of the Guépard helicopter
02/06/2020 – Florence Parly, the Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the order, by the General Directorate of Armament (DGA),
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Airbus Helicopters continues the militarisation of the H160 and its support framework
Marignane, 6 February 2020– Airbus Helicopters and the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) are pursuing a new set of studies
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Thales and Dassault Aviation win contract for France’s new strategic airborne intelligence programme
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) has awarded Thales and Dassault Aviation the ARCHANGE [1] programme to strengthen France’s signals
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