The other problem is that French forces are being pulled in several directions at once. In mid-March a dozen French tanks, 160 armoured vehicles and 300 troops arrived in Tapa, in Estonia.

In 2021, then Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly presented a plan to improve biodiversity management on the 275,000 hectares under her responsibility.

The last French armed forces in Mali have relocated to Niger, after a falling out with Mali's military government and its alleged use of Russian mercenaries. French forces have officially left ...

Each year, the French Armed Forces subjects over 2,000 French and foreign troops---many of whom have never seen combat---to a grueling training regimen in the Grand Bara Desert. Soldiers spend as ...

During their visit to Kyiv, the chiefs of staff of the French and UK armed forces discussed the Ukrainian army's needs and tasks with the Ukrainian side to provide it with long-term support for ...

La Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), the French Defence Procurement Agency, has entrusted the firm tranche of the 10-year SYSENV contract to Airbus Defence and Space and its four partners, for ...

A French gendarmerie wheeled armored vehicle, known as the VBRG, is seen in this photo shared by the French Ministry of Armed Forces. The VBRG has been used in operations in Kosovo and the Ivory ...

Two Rafale fighter jets are armed with GBU 12 bombs, a Damocles laser and Mica missiles during a mission over Iraq. (Jean-Luc Brunet/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — This year’s tally of French ...

Support from the Ministry of the French Armed Forces for the development of Dassault Aviation's VORTEX spaceplane demonstrator (Saint-Cloud, June 20, 2025) - At the Paris Air Show today ...

French farmers drive tractors in a convoy after calls of the CR47 union (Coordination rurale 47) to go block the Rungis market, in La Croix-Blanche, near Agen, southwestern France, on Jan. 29, 2024.

The head of the French Armed Forces, General Thierry Burkhard, rolled out a new military strategy document on Wednesday that signals the turn by French imperialism to preparations for large-scale ...

Saab Intends to Sell Planes to French Armed Forces Published: June 18, 2025, 2:29 p.m. ET Share Resize ...