France Military & Defence

PARIS, (BM) - Addressing military personnel the French President Emmanuel Macron said the new military doctrine setting up a space command would strengthen protection of French satellites, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting France 24. He said the investment involved had yet to determined. Read more: European Commission Supports the French…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - The United Kingdom and France have agreed to send additional forces to Syria to pick up the slack as U.S. troops withdraw, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Foreign Policy. Britain and France, the only other U.S. partners that still have ground forces in Syria, will commit to a marginal 10 to 15 percent troop increase, a…

PARIS, (BM) - On July 4, Mrs Florence Parly, French minister of Defense, will visit the French armored vehicles manufacturer Nexter in its Satory plant for the official reception of the first 6x6 multi-role armored vehicles designated VBMR Griffon, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Army Recognition. The Military Programming Law (Loi de…

SINGAPORE, (BM) - Italian aerospace and defense firm Leonardo SpA and France’s Thales SA are considering the joint acquisition of a space business from U.S. firm Maxar Technologies Inc (MAXR.N), Leonardo’s CEO said on Tuesday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. The sale of the business - dubbed MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates…

MONT-DE-MARSAN (BGM) - More than 1,500 military personnel, 60 fighter jets and 13 helicopters are practicing their flying skills from 13 to 24 May at the 2019 NATO Tiger Meet at the French Air Base at Mont-de-Marsan, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting NATO Allied Air Command. Around 900 sorties are being planned, prepared, conducted and…

WASHINGTON, D.C., the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Last Friday, 9th November 2018, Thales announced in a press release the engagement of the company with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) for the purposes of developing an independent report on AI (artificial intelligence) in national security, learned BulgarianMilitary.com…

BRUSSELS, Belgium, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday’s statement of European Commission concerning the latest French President’s calls for “real European army”, shows that the EU institution in general supports Emmanuel Macron’s view that there is such a need but finds it too early to be talked about a creation of EU armed forces, learned…

BRUSSELS, Belgium (BulgarianMilitary.com) - EDA (European Defence Agency) announced on 24 October 2018 that the Agency and Thales Six GTS France SAS have signed a network services contract within the EU Satcom Market project of EDA, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more: The Bulgarian Dep. MoD Zapryanov is Among the New Chairs for the EDA…

PARIS, France (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Naval Group and Fincantieri unveiled details in a press release on 23th October 2018 regarding the announcement of the Governments of France and Italy during the 34th Franco-Italian Summit in Lyon on 27th September 2017 about their intention to facilitate the creation of a more efficient and competitive…