Thales announces order for new Syracuse IV satcom stations to equip French Army Serval armoured vehicles
12 July 2024 – The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales the Neptune contract to provide thirty dual-band
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WDS 2024 – Cockerill i-X: from a concept car to a mature prototype
Two years ago John Cockerill Defence unveiled at the World Defense Show a concept car, the Cockerill i-X, based on
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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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► Arquus and Nexter: a first step reached for the VBAE
Montrouge, December 6, 2023 – The consortium between Arquus and Nexter, a company of KNDS; and the Organisation for Joint
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The French Army unveils its new CAM.TAC camouflage scheme on the VBMRL Serval
The implementation of the SCORPION programme and the related armoured vehicles that are currently being fielded led the French Army
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SOFINS 2023 – Frontline medical support evolution; the French SF view
With the focus of military operations shifting from the war against terrorism, which in military terms was often dubbed as
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FN Herstal ballistic calculators deployed by the French Army
(Herstal, Belgium) – 7 February 2023 – Specialized in the creation of innovative solutions based on small arms, the Belgian
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Arquus: the Garchizy facility
Visiting the Arquus facility in Garchizy, some 200 km south of Paris, means witnessing the renovation and modernisation effort done
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Nexter and Texelis deliver the first SERVALs to the French ministry of the Armed Forces
05/05/2022 – In accordance with the contract notified in 2018, the temporary business venture comprising Nexter and Texelis has delivered
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Thales obtains type certification for Spy’Ranger 330 system
20 April 2022 – The Spy’Ranger 330 in service with the French Army as part of the SMDR [1] programme
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