On Friday 17th March, we celebrated the delivery of the 500th NH90. This delivery marks a symbolic milestone and a remarkable achievement since the first delivery in December 2006 to the German Army.
Saab received an order in mid-December 2022 for the anti-armour weapon AT4 from the French Armament General Directorate (DGA). The order value is approximately EUR 24 million and deliveries will take place in 2023. The order was booked in Q4 2022.
On 20 December 2022, the French Defence Procurement Agency notified the cocontractors Sabena Technics Bod and Thales Avs France SAS of a framework agreement for the renovation of the cockpit of the CN235-200 and CN235-300 of the French Air Force and Space.
The LSS Programme achieved an important milestone with the keel laying ceremony of the bow section of the 2nd Logistic Support Ship (LSS) for France, ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the LSS programme.
On Monday 7 November, the first defence and intervention frigate ordered by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and destined to the French Navy was floated out in Lorient. Named Amiral Ronarc’h, this frigate will be delivered in 2024.
On 7 June 2022, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) received a first batch of 14 refurbished Mica air-to-air missiles, which were taken over by the Joint Munitions Service (SIMu).
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has placed a firm order with Thales for 21 additional TALIOS pods.
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces’ Directorate of Aeronautical Maintenance (DMAé) recently awarded Dassault Aviation the new-generation contract to support the Mirage 2000 fleet of the French Air and Space Force (FASF).
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of France of MQ-9 Communications Intelligence Sensor Pod Suites and related equipment for an estimated cost of $88 million.
Saab has signed a framework contract for the supply of its Barracuda multispectral camouflage systems with the French defence procurement agency, Direction générale de l’armement (DGA).