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Europe's air-defense requirements drove a record year for MBDA, maker of the Aster and CAMM missile families. In two years, triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine, the order book grew by €10 b MBDA books record orders amid European air-defense rush defensenews.com/global/europe/…

Update with the investment value - €5.65 billion through 2039, which is cheaper per unit than Suffren class - nuclear propulsion may explain the difference. In any case, Naval Group knows how to build these subs, with third in class launched in July. defensenews.com/global/europe/…

A status update on the F-35 fleets operating in Europe (or in some cases not yet) as Lockheed Martin's TR-3 upgrade schedule has continued to slip... F-35 delivery delays frustrate European air force upgrade plans defensenews.com/global/europe/…

After some big budget announcements for the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Dutch armed forces would like more air defense capability, as well as tanks and artillery, please. Air defense, tanks top Dutch military's wish list defensenews.com/global/europe/…

After the Germany’s Hessen and Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt, Belgium’s turn to encounter some operational issues on the Louise-Marie that raise questions about combat readiness… Belgium postpones Red Sea deployment after frigate mishaps defensenews.com/global/europe/…

This thing everyone talks about called "transition" is, as far as I am able to understand, a point at which the three biggest color bands here, the brown, the black, and the light blue, shrink to nothing, and other bands replace them entirely.

Amid a new focus on air defense, last week's synchronized test firing of France's naval cruise missile by a sub and a frigate showed off capabilities to potentially overwhelm those defenses/ French missile double punch adds new naval capability for Europe defensenews.com/global/europe/…

The MoU signed for the Main Ground Combat System is an important step forward. Next up the 1st contracts later this year, spread over eight pillars - and maybe a first visual at Eurosatory ? France and Germany sign off on future battle tank system defensenews.com/global/europe/…

#France lays out its plans to keep control of the Atos supercomputing business as well as all the system work the company does for the French armed forces. France offers to buy strategic assets from struggling IT firm Atos defensenews.com/global/europe/…

Insightful survey by the ⁦The Guardian⁩ of 380 #climate scientists, a significant sample. Note more scientists surveyed expect 4C plus than <2C… We’re in for a wild ride… World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Some details on how the project company for the French-German future tank will work — 25% each for KNDS France KNDS Deutschland Rheinmetall and Thales Group. Subcontractors yes but closed to partners for now. Safran Electronics & Defense in for pillar 6: sensors defensenews.com/global/europe/…

The French Navy has turned to defense #AI startup Preligens to help make sense of the growing volume of underwater sounds that Marine nationale submarines and frigates are capturing. #France turns to AI for signals analysis in underwater acoustics war defensenews.com/global/europe/…

While much of the #wine property market in France is struggling, prices in #Burgundy just won’t stop going up and up — especially grand cru plots, but even more humble AOPs are reaching eye-watering valuations… Côte-d’Or vineyard prices soared in 2023 decanter.com/wine-news/cote…

#France disinvited more than 70 #Israel firms incl. Israel Aerospace Industries Elbit Systems and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems that had been planning to take part in Eurosatory, citing the situation in Gaza. France bans Israeli firms from Europe’s biggest defense show defensenews.com/global/europe/…

The F-35 JSF delays continue to be a real pain in the neck for European countries operating small fighter fleets that are counting on the jet to replace their >40-year old F-16s /// #Denmark to bring home F-35 jets from Arizona amid upgrade delays defensenews.com/global/europe/…

The unusually wet first half of 2024 has meant bad news for two iconic French crops: wheat and #wine grapes. #France is forecast to produce one of its smallest vintages of the past 100 years. French harvest 2024: Mildew and poor fruit set to lower volumes decanter.com/wine-news/fren…

The anechoic hangar is due to open in 2026 and will be one of the biggest in Europe, far bigger than existing facilities in Britain. defensenews.com/global/europe/…

#wine After an extremely wet early summer, #France is predicted to produce one of its smallest vintages of the past 100 years, with rampant mildew following poor flowering. // French harvest 2024: Volumes to fall as Burgundy, Loire Valley ravaged by mildew decanter.com/wine-news/fren…

#Space lasers!! Though in this case for secure high-data comms rather than shooting stuff. Cailabs Unseenlabs France tests space lasers for secure satellite downlink in world first defensenews.com/global/europe/…

“We have no map of space, it’s a drama for the military,” said Col. Ludovic Monnerat, head of space domain for the Swiss Armed Forces. defensenews.com/global/europe/…