PARIS — Jean Castex, Prime Minister, and Florence Parly, Minister for the Armed Forces, visited the Nexter factory in Roanne (Loire county). This factory notably assembles new-generation armored vehicles for the Army.

The Prime Minister announced the award of a contract to Nexter Systems for …

ROANNE, France — Nexter is awarded the contract for the development of the CAESAR 6X6 Mark II new generation (NG) artillery system by the French Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), the programme’s prime contractor.

The contract provides for an initial four-year development and qualificatio…

The United Kingdom and France have confirmed the launch of the preparation works for the Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) programme, after the signature today of a government agreement and associated contracts by the French Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) and the British Defence Eq…

Defence can confirm that on 17 February 2022, a P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches.

The laser was detected as emanating from a People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N) vessel. Illumination of the aircraft by the Chinese v…

After alleged images of the J-10C fighter jet with the marking of the Pakistan Air Force recently emerged on social media and were widely circulated by media outlets, Chinese analysts on Sunday lauded the latest defense cooperation between China and Pakistan, saying that the move yields great sign…

PARIS — The Russian Ministry of Defense posted on February 19 a series of videos on Twitter showing the launch of several of its nuclear missiles, just as its forces deployed around Ukraine were reported to be preparing for invasion.

The videos posted below successively show the Russian chain…