President Emmanuel Macron announced that France already has cut in the atomic arsenal to under 300 warheads. “France has cut nuclear arsenal to under 300 warheads,” said Emmanuel Macron in an address to military officers graduating in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron warned Friday that European nations “cannot remain spectators” faced with a potential nuclear […]

The French Air Force has received the first of two American-made KC-130J Hercules tanker aircraft, according to a statement issued Thursday by Lockheed Martin. France will receive a total of four Super Hercules aircraft — two C-130J-30 combat delivery airlifters and two KC-130J aerial refuelers — through a Foreign Military Sale with the U.S. government. […]

Newest multi-role armored vehicle of the French Army called the Griffon to begin taking part in an extensive training program for its crews. The troopers gains experience maneuvering a new vehicle, use of remote weapons station at live-fire range and simulators. France’s public broadcaster, TF1, released footage of one of the stages of crew training, […]

The French Air Force is considering the purchase of an undisclosed number of U.S.-made CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters. The reporter of Challenges business magazine, Vincent Lamigeon said in a separate Twitter post on Monday that according to the Special Operations Command (COS) press kit, the Air Force is considering the acquisition of CH-47 Chinook heavy helicopters for […]

French Army formally inducted first Griffon 6×6 multirole armoured vehicles during a ceremony attended by Defence Minister Florence Parly. The VBMR Griffon is a multi-role armored vehicle that will replace the French Army’s VAB armored personnel carrier. According to army-technology.com, based on a 6×6 all-terrain truck chassis, the Griffon VBMR features modular architecture with a […]

France aerospace giant Dassault Aviation and European defense, security and aerospace company Airbus SE have unveiled mock-up of the New Generation Fighter at the Paris Air Show 2019. Dassault Aviation and Airbus SE have delivered a joint industrial proposal to the governments of France and Germany for the first Demonstrator Phase of the Future Combat […]

European aerospace giant Airbus unveiled its futuristic multi-role combat helicopter, called the H160M “Guépard”. The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has announced that the launch of the Joint Light Helicopter (Hélicoptère Interarmées Léger; HIL) program has been brought forward to 2021. The HIL program, for which the Airbus Helicopters’ H160 was selected […]

Pentagon announced Tuesday that Maritime forces from France’s Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group and the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group participated in a naval passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Red Sea, April 15. The Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group, composed of France’s Marine Nationale aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R 91), […]

Broadcaster Europe 1 reports that the French Army has begun withdrawing from Iraq after the Islamic State group had been “defeated”. The French artillery group was deployed on the Iraqi-Syrian border against the Islamic State (IS) group, “has completed its mission,” said Thursday the spokesman of the French General Staff. “The Wagram Task Force has […]

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), a part of Textron’s Airborne Solutions division, has taken delivery of the last of 63 ordered Mirage F1 aircraft from France, according to the company. On 2 April, ATAC announced that the company has delivery of the last of 63 Mirage F1 aircraft to its Adversary Center of Excellence facility […]