Over 20,000 partygoers from across Europe swarmed an illegal rave on a “dangerous” French military site that is reportedly ...

MBDA announced on 29 April 2026 that it and Safran Electronics & Defense conducted the first firing of the Thunderart ...

French defense firms Safran and MBDA have successfully tested their new Thundart rocket artillery, aiming for first deliveries in 2029 if selected by the armed forces. The system, part of France's ...

PARIS – French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery ...

French Charleville muskets are a fascinating study in improvement, having evolved from a loosely uniform pattern to what was ...

France is set to expand its fleet of CAESAR Mark II self-propelled howitzers, with the total potentially reaching 150 systems by 2035. The French Army currently operates 74 CAESAR Mark I ...

French soldiers fire a rocket during the "Toll 25" drill, a large-scale exercise led by the 19th artillery brigade of the French army, at the "Ile du Levant" firing site on Nov. 25, 2025. (Clement ...

“The persistent Russian threat to our continent, with an open war [...] remains my primary concern in terms of military preparedness,” Fabien Mandon, the army’s chief of staff, told a parliamentary ...

France is preparing to expand its long-range battlefield strike capability with a new rocket launcher designed to hit targets far beyond the front line. The system, called FLP-T 150, is being jointly ...

The transformation of France’s land forces to a Fighting Army, a response to the 2014 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, has lessons for the British Army. Over recent decades, the French Army has gained ...