Pierre Tran


  • DCNS Targets Australian Frigate Tender
    DCNS Targets Australian Frigate Tender

    Rand Corp. is due to conclude a short list of competitors this month for Australia’s tender for nine frigates to replace Anzac warships.

  • MBDA: France, UK Agree on ‘Cross-Procurement’ Policy
    MBDA: France, UK Agree on ‘Cross-Procurement’ Policy

    Paris – Britain and France intend to acquire respectively the planned Aster Block 1 New Technology missile and Brimstone guided missile as part of a cooperation policy of “cross procurement,” Antoine Bouvier, chairman of missile builder MBDA, said to

  • Dassault Backs Film on 100 Years of Aviation
    Dassault Backs Film on 100 Years of Aviation

    Dassault Aviation is the main backer for a sound and light show marking 100 years of French aviation history, dubbed Conquest of the Air.

  • Dassault Says It’s Close to Rafale Deal With India
    Dassault Says It’s Close to Rafale Deal With India

    PARIS — Dassault Aviation is in the “final phase” of price negotiations with India for 36 Rafale fighters, with the company in talks with potential local partners to build a hoped-for 90 more units, chairman Eric Trappier said March 10.

  • French Air Force Plans Hires, Orders New Bombs
    French Air Force Plans Hires, Orders New Bombs

    The French Air Force is looking to recruit more mechanics to maintain fighter jets and also urgently acquiring bombs and equipment to support a high rate of operational use, air chief Gen. André Lanata said Tuesday.

  • Schleicher Named Giat Chairman
    Schleicher Named Giat Chairman

    France has appointed Philippe Schleicher chairman and chief executive of holding company Giat Industries and its SNPE unit

  • France, UK To Invest £1.5 Billion in Combat Drone
    France, UK To Invest £1.5 Billion in Combat Drone

    UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced a plan with France to invest more than £1.5 billion to build a prototype combat drone

  • Britain, France Agree on £1.5 Billion Plan for Combat Drone
    Britain, France Agree on £1.5 Billion Plan for Combat Drone

    Britain and France have agreed to pursue a £1.5 billion (US $2.1 billion) program to build an unmanned combat air vehicle, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday at a bilateral summit with French President François Hollande.

  • DCNS and Thales report 2015 results
    DCNS and Thales report 2015 results

    Defense systems company Thales sees buoyant business prospects, while naval shipbuilder DCNS met a pledge and reported a return to profit for 2015, following a loss in the previous year.

  • France Expects Six A400Ms Fitted To Tactical Standard by Year’s End
    France Expects Six A400Ms Fitted To Tactical Standard by Year’s End

    PARIS — France expects to have six of the Airbus A400M airlifters equipped with self-defense and airdrop capabilities in the  “tactical” standard by the end of the year, defence procurement chief Laurent Collet-Billon said.