Nexter, Arquus and Thales keep their commitments and deliver the 119th GRIFFON scheduled for 2021
17 December 2021 – On December 6, 2021, the GME (Groupement Momentané d’Entreprises) EBMR (engin blindé multi rôles) delivered to
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Arquus improves its Saint-Nazaire facility
By Jérôme Hadacek Established in 1966 in the very close suburb of Saint-Nazaire, on the west coast of France, the
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Arquus Technodays: looking at the future
By Paolo Valpolini Organised by Arquus at Port-Marly, 10 km west of Paris, Technodays 2021 gathered industry, military and media
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Arquus aims at one billion Euro turnover in 2030
By Paolo Valpolini “2020 has been a difficult year, but Arquus has shown its resilience capacity, the first lockdown in
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Nexter, Thales et Arquus succeed in presenting the 128 GRIFFONs planned for 2020
December 23, 2020 – On December 18, 2020, Nexter, Thales and Arquus, as part of the temporary grouping of companies
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French Army; the Scorpion is ready to sting
By Paolo Valpolini The annual briefing on the French Army Scorpion programme took place December 9th in Paris, and allowed
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1 – Scorpion, experience from the field
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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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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It was then the turn of Col. Olivier, Scorpion Programme Officer at the Army Staff, to illustrate the phased introduction
Continue reading4 – From legacy to the future; Scorpion seen from the Land Forces Command
Lieutenant Colonel Erwan, head of the Scorpion Section at the Land Forces Command, takes over to explain the handover of
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