DefenceTalkLebanon announced a Saudi pledge of $3 billion on Sunday to buy military equipment from France, as it buried leading Sunni politician Mohammad Chatah, killed in a Beirut car bombing. Friday’s killing of Chatah, a prominent critic of the Syrian regime, revived painful memories of political assassinations and came as the conflict in Lebanon’s larger […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lebanon-in-3-billion-saudi-military-aid-pledge-49988/

DefenceTalkFrance will lose out in its bid to win a multibillion-dollar fighter jet contract with Brazil, the Folha de Sao Paulo daily reported Saturday. The newspaper set France’s $4 billion proposal for 36 Rafale fighter jets, from a consortium led by French giant Dassault, will be shot down for cost reason. It did not say […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-loses-out-on-brazil-jets-deal-report-49939/

DefenceTalkIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday denied US claims that the Islamic republic had scuttled nuclear talks in Geneva, pointing instead to France as the culprit. US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Abu Dhabi on Monday Iran had balked at the Geneva talks just as world powers were closing in on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-denies-it-scuttled-nuclear-talks-49622/

DefenceTalkFREMM frigate Normandie, the second of the Aquitaine class for the French Navy, put to sea for the first time on 25 October. This milestone marks the beginning of the ship’s sea trials, which will take place off Brittany and are expected to last several weeks. The main aim of these preliminary trials is to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dcns-begins-sea-trials-of-fremm-multimission-frigate-normandie-49509/

DefenceTalkUnder IAF’s over Rs 10,000 crore modernization program, the first Mirage 2000, upgraded by its manufacturer, has successfully completed its maiden flight at an air base in France. India had signed an upgrade programme worth over Rs 10,000 crore with the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation for upgrading the fleet of its Mirage 2000 aircraft. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/upgraded-indian-mirage-2000-undertakes-maiden-flight-in-france-49485/

DefenceTalkUnder a $34.5 million U.S. Navy contract, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) will modify the French Navy’s fleet of three E-2C Hawkeyes with an upgraded Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system, further increasing commonality and interoperability with U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. IFF systems enable warfighters to distinguish between friendly forces and enemies. Included in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-to-upgrade-french-navy-e-2c-hawkeye-fleet-49401/

DefenceTalkRAF Top Guns will team up with their French counterparts to spearhead a major military exercise which starts on Sunday. (6 October) The 11-day event will see aircraft from Britain, France, the United States, Canada and Germany being hosted at RAF stations for a UK wide tri-service training exercise for operations. And building on the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raf-and-french-air-force-spearhead-major-military-exercise-49294/

DefenceTalkWarships from 17 countries steamed into Sydney Harbour Friday for a nautical extravaganza marking the centenary of Australia’s emergence as an independent sea power. Naval vessels from nations including China, France, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States and former colonial power Britain passed through the entrance of the famous harbor where they joined 16 tall […]https://www.defencetalk.com/global-armada-steams-into-sydney-for-naval-centenary-49286/

DefenceTalkAfter years of delays and huge cost over-runs, Airbus on Monday delivers its first A400M military transport plane, handing over the huge turboprop to France at its Spanish assembly plant. The pan-European aircraft maker expects the ceremony at the Airbus Military plant in Seville, southern Spain, to be the start of sales to military forces […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-delivers-first-a400m-military-transport-plane-49274/

DefenceTalkUral Vagon Zavod and Renault Trucks Defense have combined their know-how to offer potential customers an infantry combat vehicle which is being presented for the first time at the Russian Expo Arms exhibit in Nijni Taguil. This 30-tonne combat vehicle incorporates all the experience of Ural Vagon Zavod in the area of armoured hulls and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-russian-firms-develop-new-infantry-combat-vehicle-49221/