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Via CDR Salamander: http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/fti-medium-size-frigates/ http://www.defensenews.com/articles/france-unveils-new-fti-frigate-ship-is-designed-for-the-french-navy-and-for-export...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Secret-Projects-Bombers-Aircraft/dp/1910809063

RM released this late last year. MGCS=Main ground combat system= the supposed Leo III MBT.

Bonjour à tous. We known the NC 3021 Belphegor ! but this one was derived from the SO 3020 which was studies in 1942 by "Le groupe de Cannes" I'm not able to find details of this plane ! Who can help me ? All my thanks PAUL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=POEU0gchYIM http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/panhards-crab-may-just-be-the-future-of-armored-scout-v-1581746120

Does anybody have information about this plane, maybe AF VG project, or information about Mirage G3,G5,G6, fiction projects or true. Thanks in advance

According this Source http://atomic-skies.blogspot.be/2013/04/propulsion-nucleaire-aeronautique.html#more the french SNECMA work on Nuclear Aircraft engine called "BRENDA" A gas-cooled reactor, using ceramic-clad enriched uranium oxide fuel and would be moderated by beryllium oxide. 1 MWth...

Some interesting snippets of could-have-beens about HOT as I slowly work my way through the COMHART volume on anti-tank weapons http://www.scribd.com/doc/38606186/COMHART-T10-Armements-antichars-missiles-guides-et-non-guides-France-2008. 1. Initially the booster motor exhausted through two...

Some Dassault Mirage 2000 goodness from Les Chevaliers du Ciel HD Promo! View: http://youtu.be/HEe3xfWfkG8 View: http://youtu.be/60XPS66MxmA

"Rafale: Now Drawing Fire At Home" Posted by Robert Wall at 12/8/2011 5:19 AM CST It is certainly Rafale's time in the crosshairs. The French government is adding to the already huge pressure on Dassault to secure an export deal, warning the long-term prospects of the twin-engine fighter...

I have been looking for some drawings or pictures of the unbuilt Verdun aircraft carrier that the French government ordered at the end of the 1950s, but I've been unable to find any. According to wiki, it would have had size and displacement similar to today's Marine Nationale CDG, albeit with a...

I have just discovered a tank I did not know existed. It is the AMX ELC, a light tank intended for airborne forces. It is very small but well armed, I can not find much information about it. I can't see where the drivers seat is-in the turret? If you know any more then please let me know. I...

Work in progress. Please add! HD.31 HD.32 HD.321 HD.332 assault transport project HD.34 HD.35 adaptation of the HD.321, powered by Wright 982 engines HD.353 additional Marboré jet engines proposed HD.355 twin-engined ASM aircraft HD.37 turboprop-powered flying car-ferry variation based on...

During ELDO Europa 2 project, it became clear that Woomera launch site was not able to launch payload with Europa 2 to GEO One Proposal was to build (or move) a Launch site near of the equator, at Darwin in Northern Territory. http://www.spaceuk.org/bstreak/eldo/darwin.jpg But the French had...

[raises eyebrow] French army red-faced after command post stolen The French army top-brass were left red-faced when after a mobile command post worth 600,000 euros (£523,000), complete with military computers, was stolen, judicial sources said on Tuesday. 4:04PM BST 20 Sep 2011 The modular...

A late 1990's French government sponsored project for a "Ground Target For Simulating The Heat Silhouette Of A Vehicle Such As A Tank". Intended for both peacetime use as a training (including live fire) target and as a wartime mobile decoy system. Was what would be known today as 'optionally...

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about the amazing SNECMA C.450-01 Coléoptère (Beetle) VTOL research prototype. The article describes the thrust/directional control systems necessary and preparations for the Coléoptère's first flight (which took place 6th May 1959)…… The...

Model of DCNS Marlin SSK on display at IDEAS 2006 Defence Exhibition. The Marlin SSK is based on the Scorpene SSK and incorporates technology of the Baracuda SSK and has been offered for sale to the Pakistan Navy. Source: http://www.pakdef.info/exhibitions/ideas2006/index.html

Here is a list of known SNCAN / Nord Aviation designations. It will be expanded and documented little by little. Feel free to add or correct! First numbering system: Nord (SNCAC) NC-700 Martinet Nord (NC-)854 (numbering taken over from SNCAC's NC- list) Nord (NC-)855 variant with Praga-D...

G'day once again gents I am looking for information on the French LOHR VPX 5000 light armoured vehicle. A neat little AFV, which looks as though it could have been as versatile as the West German Wiesel series of light armoured vehicles. From what I can make out, it was proposed in a 120mm...