France wants to transform its ‘beautiful’ army for high-intensity warfare

France wants to transform its ‘beautiful’ army for high-intensity warfare
France wants to transform its ‘beautiful’ army for high-intensity warfare

As Gen. Eric Laval recently put it, “Today the French Army is beautiful, but in a high intensity conflict, would it be able to hold beyond 48 hours?”

US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting

US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting
US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting

There is room for further development in areas such as electronic warfare and signals intelligence. “These ‘soft’ components were not as accessible in the past 12 to 15 years when we were so busy in the Middle-East; for example, there is a real drive to invest in areas such as EWSI (Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence),” Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant, the British military attache in Washington, says.

Eurosatory 2018:  Innovating Today to Conquer Tomorrow

Eurosatory 2018:  Innovating Today to Conquer Tomorrow
Eurosatory 2018:  Innovating Today to Conquer Tomorrow

EUROSATORY: Like all military shows, Eurosatory – the French equivalent to the big AUSA annual meeting in the United States – takes the pulse of the land warfare market both from a technological and geopolitical point of view. Far from being exhaustive given the size of the show and the scope of such an endeavor,…