“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.
French Maj. Gen. Cyril Carcy told Breaking Defense that his intelligence office can "no longer focus on a 60-degree angle between Western Africa and the Middle-East dictated by the fight against terrorism."
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The French military is moving apace in keeping with Paris's determination to, at a minimum, keep its rank as the third international space power in an increasingly large and competitive club of nations.
PARIS AIR SHOW: Crowds thronged around the French Defense Ministry pavilion today, chatting with Rafale fighter pilots and the engineers who helped build the planes. It was a most unusual sight, all those civilians — with a fairly high percentage of women — listening intently to and then chatting with the pilots, who also stood in […]