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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

Tag: Franco-British defence cooperation

  • Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 09:18 UTC

    Anglo-French defence co-operation contract to develop unmanned combat air systems

    “The technological excellence of our defense aerospace industry must be maintained. It is a matter of sovereignty and operational superiority”, said Collet-Billon

    A set of defence co-operation contracts, worth £120 million, for the early phase of a joint development of Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) between the UK and French governments have been awarded in Paris. A UCAS capability would, by the 2030’s, be able to undertake sustained surveillance, mark targets, gather intelligence, deter adversaries and carry out strikes in hostile territory.

  • Monday, March 4th 2013 - 05:06 UTC

    The “entente fugale” and the French point of view on defence of the Falklands

    James Arbuthnot, head of the British Parliament’s Defence Select Committee

    Dubbed the “entente frugale” and criticised by some as a dangerous dilution of military sovereignty, Franco-British defence cooperation is nonetheless growing stronger. Shrinking budgets, a less indulgent United States and Europe’s diminishing military clout in the world have bolstered the two countries’ determination to work together.