Europe
France’s first national service recruits finish training and join units; ministry plans 10,000 by 2030
France's Ministry of the Armed Forces says the first national service recruits have completed a month of training and are…
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France
Latest news and analysis on France, French foreign policy, defense programs, European security and international affairs.
Drones
France orders more MX-10 DAMOCLES loitering munitions from KNDS and Delair
The French Defence Procurement Agency has exercised an optional tranche for more MX-10 DAMOCLES loitering munitions, KNDS says, with first…
Europe
France condemns US sanctions on the International Criminal Court and asks Washington to withdraw them
The French foreign ministry says the US sanctions now target the International Criminal Court itself, not only its judges and…
Cyprus
Great Sea Interconnector: exemption request for the French-flagged Abeille Marengo to resume seabed surveys, Greek Navy on alert for a possible Turkish provocation
The Hellenic Coast Guard has published an exemption request for the French-flagged vessel Abeille Marengo to carry out surveys for…
Middle East & North Africa
Australia, Canada, France and UK “deeply regret” Palestinian decision to postpone elections to September 2027
The foreign ministers of four Western governments urged the Palestinian Authority to reconsider the postponement of legislative and presidential elections…
Europe
France publishes defence energy strategy to 2030, planning for a major war and a fuel-hungry battlefield
The French armed forces ministry has updated its defence energy strategy to include the possibility of a major engagement, keeping…
Drones
French Army builds drone-contact units around FPV drones, with Fronde and Pendragon projects
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces says the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment has begun forming units that pair surveillance…
Europe
French Navy boards Russian “shadow fleet” tanker DF Peak in the Indian Ocean; Macron: “We will fight the ghost fleet everywhere”
The French Navy boarded the tanker DF Peak, considered part of Russia’s “shadow fleet”, more than 450 nautical miles south…
Analysis
Analysis: Turkey wants SAMP/T, what France’s “Steel Dome” Aster system would mean for Greek Rafales, F-16s and FDI frigates
Analysis: If Turkey acquires the Franco-Italian SAMP/T NG, the problem for Greece would not be one more air-defence system, but…
Cyprus
Mitsotakis on the GSI: “It is no longer only a Greek and Cypriot project, it is a European one”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a SKAI interview on October 9 that the Great Sea Interconnector is a European…
Defense Industry
Turkey and France put military cooperation on an institutional footing: what the roadmap provides
Turkey’s defence ministry gave the first details of the Defence Cooperation Roadmap signed with France: regular consultations, joint exercises and…
Air Force
France to begin training Ukrainian pilots on the Rafale in November
French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin told the National Assembly on October 8 that the first training of Ukrainian pilots…