They say politicians never let a good crisis go to waste; An extra £2bn will be spent on the UK’s special forces to fight terrorism, David Cameron has said. The announcement will benefit the SAS and other elite units. The…
Does this mean the Marine Nationale now has a long-range bomber and the RAF doesn’t? Ouch! From Navy Recognition; The French Navy (Marine Nationale) announced that on 18 June 2015, two Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol crews were qualified to…
The reaction to the news that France has increased their defence budget by €2.3 Billion this year and €3.8 billion by 2019 has been met by what I think are predictable reactions in the UK; France now sets the political…
Airbus have confirmed they are now actively looking to divest themselves of their 46% shareholding in Dassault Aviation. With increasing defence cooperation with the UK and the intent of BAE to merge with EADS now ancient history would it make sense for…
So 2nd French Mistral for Russia now in doubt: "France Prepared to Cancel Warship Sale to Russia": via @BloombergNews — Lars Gyllenhaal (@LarsGyllenhaal) July 22, 2014 A lot of people think we can just whip out the Queen’s credit…
As we all know, the British Army Watchkeeper UAV system has been developed by a consortium of companies, U-Tacs (Elbit) and Thales, in roughly equal ownership. Thales are a French company head-quartered in Paris The French government own 27% of Thales and…
Marshall Aerospace and Defence have won a contract to supply the French armed forces with another three containerised CT scanners, like the ones used by the UK. As the prime contractor Marshall ADG has brought together the latest Philips Healthcare…
In the news today is the meeting between David Cameron and Francois Hollande Not much here in detail, just a handful of links that I will expand over time In defence terms, these are the main points; @elysee @Number10gov confirm…
