"The armament that will be retained will be a guided, precision one, and with military effects adapted to the threat". The project of arming the current French Reapers with European weapons will also be studied. The weapon package will be determined in the course of 2018.

The French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly today announced during the Summer University of Defense in Toulon the decision to arm all the MALE drones in service with the French Air Force. "I decided to start the process of arming our intelligence and surveillance drones," said Parly. Read more

Two MQ-9 Reapers deployed in Mali by the French Air Force
(Credit: arm�e de l'Air)

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