Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. She covers a wide range of topics related to military procurement and international security, and specializes in reporting on the aviation sector. She is based in Milan, Italy.
Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors for keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
"We are now cooperating at a sort of equal level with the threat – being a lot more humble and thinking more efficiently," said Rear Adm. Jacques Mallard.
The opening day of the Paris show, organized here from Nov. 4-7, was fruitful for the French naval industry with the announcement of several contracts.