At the air base in the French city of Vélizy-Villacoublay, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron signed a Declaration of Intent on defence equipment cooperation.
A Rafale M carrier-based fighter conducted a successful test launch of the ASMPA-R medium-range air-to-ground missile on 13 November.
Several French Rafale fighter jets operated from Ørland Air Base last week as part of a four-day training mission.
The French Navy will become the first European military force to operate the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet, following a lease agreement managed by Jet Aviation France.
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) confirmed on 28 October 2025 that the M51.3 ballistic missile, developed by ArianeGroup, has officially entered operational service.
France and Germany have launched the JEWEL initiative (Joint Early Warning for a European Lookout) to lay the foundation for a European early warning capability, aimed at detecting and tracking missile threats.
Turgis Gaillard has signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to integrate Airbus’s fire control system into the new-generation Foudre unitary rocket launcher.
On 13 October, French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu presented the proposed 2026 national budget, which includes funding to develop a new land-based ballistic missile system known as Missile balistique terrestre (MBT).
French defence company EURENCO and Polish state-owned group PGZ have signed two key strategic agreements to expand industrial cooperation and enhance raw material resilience in Poland.
MBDA and Safran Electronics & Defense have announced that demonstration firings of the new THUNDART artillery system are scheduled for mid-2026.
On 15 October, the French Navy conducted a live-fire exercise using an Aster 30 missile at the DGA missile test range in the Mediterranean Sea, near the Île du Levant off the Côte d’Azur.
On 17 October 2025, Naval Group officially delivered the first Defence and Intervention Frigate (FDI) Amiral Ronarc’h to the French Navy during a ceremony held in Brest.
