Carmaker Renault teams with Thales on ‘4Troop’ military vehicle design
“France fears we might see high intensity combat on its territory and to prepare for this possibility we need to be ready,” Thales' Marc Dehondt said.
Israeli MoD cries foul as Israeli booths ‘boarded up’ at Eurosatory defense show
The booths of some smaller Israeli firms are hidden behind temporary walls here, while spaces for larger companies are open but mostly devoid of weapons systems.
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France’s Arquus unveils new 6×6 meant to carry big guns
Company officials said the vehicle was created in response to battlefield lessons learned from Ukraine.
MBDA plans $5.8B investment in missile production as demand soars
"MBDA has attained an unprecedented strategic dimension as one of the instrumental pillars of rearmament in Europe," CEO Eric Béranger said.
Dassault CEO: FCAS jet program ‘dead’ if clash with Airbus not resolved
After Germany’s chancellor said Berlin and Paris may need different capabilities, Dassault’s Eric Trappier said France will push forward with or without Airbus.
Macron calls to increase French nuclear arsenal, team with Germany and others on ‘deterrent’
"We cannot be satisfied with our current trajectory and I owe the nation the absolute assurance that our nuclear deterrence remains credible," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
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Europe rearms: Battle management, counter-UAS, and real AI at the edge
Mapping Europe’s modernization from the Eastern drone wall to actual artificial intelligence resident in tanks.
‘Preparing for war:’ At French naval conference, a grim realism
France and its allies need to consider the reality that high-intensity conflict is likely in the near future, top officials said this week.
France to raise military spending to $75B in 2027, three years earlier than planned
“To be free in this world, one needs to be feared,” Macron said. “And to be feared one must be powerful.”
Thales, KNDS expand protection system RAPIDFire for bases on land
On the stand during the Paris Air Show, a KNDS staffer explained that this round explodes before it hits anything, releasing dozens of tungsten sub-projectiles over a wide area,
Cold Atoms, quantum lightbulbs and new radars: Thales shows off tech at Paris
A top Thales scientist walked Breaking Defense through a series of futuristic technologies the company hopes will provide cutting-edge capabilities as they mature.
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How defensive cyber responds to hockey-stick growth of AI-driven threats
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KNDS’s Mataris loitering munitions finding contracts from French government
The effort falls under France’s “Larinae” project, launched in May 2022 by the French Defense Innovation Agency (AID) and the defense ministry’s procurement agency, to find domestic loitering munitions with a 50 km (31 mile) range and autonomy of at least 60 minutes.
An ocean away: In Paris, European defense officials confront confounding ‘new period’ in security
“If tomorrow the contributions of certain countries evolve downwards, how can we, Europeans, adequately execute NATO’s defense plans?” France’s defense minister asked attendees at a recent conference in the French capital.
France takes aim at unmanned systems, taking lessons from Paris Olympics
“So, we need to stay in the race and find an answer to these threats, and use the lessons learned in the Red and Black seas,” General Thierry Carlier said during Euronaval.
France claims world’s first space-to-earth laser comms
“Others have already demonstrated the proof of concept that a laser link can be established between a satellite and a ground-station but we are proposing an actual product that exists and can be bought off-the-shelf," Jean-Francois Morizur, co-founder and CEO of Cailabs, told Breaking Defense.