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Thales obtains type certification for Spy’Ranger 330 system

20/04/202220/04/2022 Paolo Valpolini certification, French Army, SMDR, Thales

20 April 2022 – The Spy’Ranger 330 in service with the French Army as part of the SMDR [1] programme

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Nexter, Arquus and Thales keep their commitments and deliver the 119th GRIFFON scheduled for 2021

17/12/202117/12/2021 Paolo Valpolini Arquus, French Army, Griffon, Nexter, Scorpion, Thales

17 December 2021 – On December 6, 2021, the GME (Groupement Momentané d’Entreprises) EBMR (engin blindé multi rôles) delivered to

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EDR News 

Arquus: a photo visit to the VBL Ultima assembly line at the Marolles facility

13/07/202113/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini Arquus, French Army, Greece, Marolles, VBL, VBL Ultima

By Paolo Valpolini The origins of Arquus VBL (Véhicule Blindé Léger) date back to the late 1970s, when the French

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First firing of MMP from a Jaguar armoured vehicle

11/05/202111/05/2021 Paolo Valpolini Arquus, DGA, French Army, Jaguar, MBDA, MMP, Nexter, Thales

11 May 2021 –  On 14 April, MBDA and Nexter participated in the first lock-on firing of an MMP medium-range

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CNIM and Texelis unveil their concept for the French Army MAC future engineers armoured vehicle

16/02/202116/02/2021 Paolo Valpolini CNIM, engineer, French Army, MAC, Scorpion, Texelis

By Paolo Valpolini Two French companies, Texelis, which specialises in chassis and suspension systems, and CNIM, which provides numerous systems

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SOFRAME unveils its MOSAIC project

05/02/202105/02/2021 Paolo Valpolini French Army, Lohr, MOSAIC, SOFRAME, VBAE

5 February 2021 –  SOFRAME, subsidiary of the Alsace-based LOHR group, which specialises in protected vehicles operated by armed forces

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Nexter and Texelis are notified of SERVAL’s first series production tranches

15/01/202115/01/2021 Paolo Valpolini French Army, Nexter, Scorpion, Serval, Texelis

15/01/2021 – Nexter and Texelis, as part of the temporary grouping of companies (GME) light-VBMR (véhicule blindé multi-rôles) SERVAL, were

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EDR Special Reports 

French Army; the Scorpion is ready to sting

11/12/202012/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini Armée de Terre, DGA, FECS, French Army, Griffon, Jaguar, Scorpion, Serval, SIC-S

The annual briefing on the French Army Scorpion programme took place December 9th in Paris, and allowed to get deeper

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EDR News 

1 – Scorpion, experience from the field

11/12/202017/04/2023 Paolo Valpolini 13 BCA, Armée de Terre, French Army, Griffon, PRETS, Scorpion, SIC-S

In less than one year time the first French Army task force will deploy downrange equipped with the Griffon 6×6

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2 – The Scorpion programme status; the DGA view

11/12/202017/04/2023 Paolo Valpolini Armée de Terre, Contact, DGA, French Army, Griffon, Jaguar, Leclerc, MMP, Scorpion, Serval, SIC-S, XLR

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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