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For Europe, it’s naval business as usual
European naval companies are more interested in protecting their turfs than consolidating. → Read More
Are second thoughts creeping up in French-Italian shipbuilders’ wedding?
Paris is said to be uneasy about a cross-shareholding scheme between Naval Group and Fincantieri. → Read More
Joint move by Fincantieri, Naval Group in German tender signals longer-term cooperation
A joint approach in attacking foreign markets shows the French and Italian companies are cooperating, a key element in their plan to form the flagship for a European naval alliance. → Read More
France, Italy reach deal on Fincantieri's acquisition of STX
Fincantieri will acquire 50 percent of STX, and France will lend 1 percentage point of its holding for 12 years, which allows the Italian shipyard to hold the voting rights and receive share dividends and for Italy to announce hitting its target of owning a majority stake in the French shipyard. → Read More
France adds $2B to defense budget, moving closer to NATO spending target
A €1.8 billion boost will raise French defense spending to 1.82 percent of GDP. → Read More
French-Italian naval industrial cooperation has hurdles to overcome
France and Italy may eventually follow through on consolidation of their naval industries, but major hurdles, including a legal dispute over French shipyard STX, remains to be conquered. → Read More
MBDA boss: ‘Extremely negative’ consequences if Brexit cuts off defense cooperation
Britain and EU members should find “instruments of convergence” to allow industrial cooperation following the divorce from the EU, says the chairman of missile-maker MBDA. → Read More
Airbus: Austria’s Eurofighter fraud allegations are ‘politically motivated’
Airbus Defence and Space, in its legal submission to the Vienna public prosecutor, denied all allegations made by Austrian Defence Minister Hans Peter Doskoli. → Read More
Report: Internal EU defense research could clash with bilateral US relations
A planned move by the European Union to boost cooperation in defense industrial research among member states may have a big impact on their relations with the U.S. → Read More
Secret study explores anti-missile warship as Franco-Italian STX dispute lingers: source
That study for an anti-missile warship is running silently while Paris and Rome seek to defuse a dispute over STX. Working together on warships would be a key element in cooperation sought for the two nations’ naval and commercial shipbuilding industries. → Read More
French aircraft, troops back Hurricane Irma relief efforts in Caribbean
France has flown two A400M military airlifters and is sailing over the helicopter carrier Tonnerre to deliver humanitarian aid to islands in the French Caribbean. → Read More
MSPO: Naval Group details bonuses for Poland if granted Scorpene submarine deal
Naval Group is competing with Saab Kockums and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for the Polish Navy's submarine order. → Read More
France offers Belgium Rafale jets and close partnership
The proposed partnership went far beyond equipment and spoke to ancient ties between the two countries, the French Defence Ministry said. → Read More
France wants naval industry tie-up with Italy
Even as a row over the acquisition of a French commercial shipyard continues, the country sees cooperation with Italy's naval industry as a way to become a global leader in building warships. → Read More
French Army unveils Griffon multirole troop carrier
The French Army unveiled for public display on July 14 the Griffon multirole troop carrier, one of the vehicles driven in the Bastille Day parade for which U.S. President Donald Trump is a guest. → Read More
France and Germany agree to jointly build new generation fighter jet
France and Germany agreed to study building together a new fighter jet to succeed respectively the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon following a July 13 joint Cabinet meeting. → Read More
French arms exports fall short of over $22.8B forecast in January
French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly welcomed an official report that stated France won arms export orders last year worth €14 billion (U.S. $16 billion) and said she would pursue further deals with foreign clients. → Read More
France successfully fires Sea Venom missile
France and Britain are developing and building the ANL/Sea Venom in a bilateral program under the Lancaster house defense cooperation treaty. → Read More
French arms procurement chief Laurent Collet-Billon ends his nine-year term
Laurent Collet-Billon has ended his term as chief of the French weapons procurement office, the defense ministry said in a statement. → Read More
Aequs doubling Rafale output aiming to triple annual sales by 2020
Aequs announced it is doubling the output of the Rafale fighter jet to reach a target of tripling annual sales to $300 million by 2020, said Aravind Melligeri, chairman and CEO of the Indian precision engineering company. → Read More