Recent Posts

• 

  Inside the FREMM Aquitaine

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 9:48 AM on Mar 28, 2012

  As promised in my earlier post here are some photos of the Aquitaine's living quarters:An officer's cabinA 2-berth cabin (I've merged two photos here so the angles are misleading b... Read More >>

  Comments (4)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  Ares Boards the FREMM Aquitaine

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 8:43 AM on Mar 28, 2012

  The first of class of the French Navy's FREMMs, the Aquitaine, is currently undergoing the third of its four sea-trial missions, this one to check the combat management system. Des... Read More >>

  Comments (4)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  Mum on India

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 6:40 PM on Mar 22, 2012

  Today Charles Edelstenne, the CEO of Dassault Aviation, presenting the company's annual results, threw a glimmer of light on one of the reasons his company is now negotiating a co... Read More >>

  Comments (23)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  Military Get Involved in France's Biggest Manhunt UPDATE

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 8:14 PM on Mar 19, 2012

  The DPSD intelligence agency that I wrote about in this month's issue of DTI has been put at the forefront of one of France's biggest manhunts in recent history to find a serial k... Read More >>

  Comments (0)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  French Harfang UAV Checks Out of Afghanistan

  Posted by Robert Wall 4:06 PM on Feb 27, 2012

  The French air force has ended its Heron unmanned aircraft operations in Afghanistan. The system — called Harfang in the French military inventory — logged more than 66... Read More >>

  Comments (0)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  New UK/France Defense Agreement

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 6:02 PM on Feb 17, 2012

  Today is the first anniversary of the Libyan uprising in which Britain and France put the bilateral defense and security cooperation agreement they reached in November 2010 to prac... Read More >>

  Comments (1)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  France Suspends Afghan Training Mission After Soldiers Killed

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 2:32 PM on Jan 20, 2012

  France has suspended its combat training mission for the Afghan army in the the wake of the assassination today of four French soldiers by one of their Afghan colleagues who also i... Read More >>

  Comments (8)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  French Navy to Get Female Commodore

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 6:38 PM on Jan 16, 2012

  Captain Anne Cullerre, 54, is set to become the French navy's first female commodore with sea-going experience. There has been just one female commodore in the French navy before a... Read More >>

  Comments (2)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  A Virtual Tour of the BPC Dixmude

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 5:16 PM on Jan 16, 2012

  Today I invite you to join me on a photographic foray aboard the BPC Dixmude, the third of the multi-mission amphibious landing helicopter docks to be delivered by STX and DCNS to ... Read More >>

  Comments (3)  |  Permanent Link

• 

  French Army Receives First NH90

  Posted by Robert Wall 10:50 AM on Dec 28, 2011

  France, the lead customer for the NFH90 maritime helicopter, has now also taken delivery of its first NH90 for the army (also called TTHs).(Photo: French MOD)The handover of the fi... Read More >>

  Comments (21)  |  Permanent Link