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The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded the order for conditional tranche 4 (TC4) of the SCORPION programme to Nexter, Arquus and Thales, operating through the EBMR* consortium.

French DGA Receives First Two EDA-S Next Gen Amphibious Landing Craft

The Portuguese government has approved plans to acquire a third batch (NPO3S) of Viana do Castelo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) as part of the Portuguese Navy's "Intersectoral Program for the Renewal of the Fleet" (PIRE). Portugal cur...

Portugal to buy six more OPVs 27 May 2021 by Victor Barreira The Portuguese government has approved plans to acquire a third batch (NPO3S) of Viana do Castelo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) as part of the Portuguese Navys Intersectoral Program for the Renewal of the Fleet (PIRE). Portugal currently operates four Viana do Castelo-class OPVs. It will acquire six more units with improved capabilities. (Victor Barreira) A tender for the construction of six vessels will be issued in 2021 by th...

By Craig Hoyle2021-02-01T11:19:00+00:00 French defence minister Florence Parly has signed a contract covering the production of 12 replacement Dassault Rafale fighters for the French air force, less than one week after Greece finalised an 18-aircraft acquisition including a dozen secondhand jets. Signed with Dassault chief executive Eric Trappier at the company’s Argonay plant on 29 January, the deal will lead to aircraft being delivered during 2025 in the type’s latest F3R production sta...

France Orders 12 Rafale Jets to Replace Aircraft Sold to Greece Our Bureau 3085 Rafale jets factory French Defence Minister Florence Parly today announced an order for 12 Rafale fighter jets to replace those of the French Air Force and Space (FAF&S) transferred to Greece. The delivery of these 12 Rafale to the FAF&S is expected in 2025. This order will allow the French forces Rafale fleet to be renewed: the replacement of second-hand planes and sensors purchased by Greece will allow the Air ...

Justices have been minorities. and under 4% have been women. chief justice john roberts in this decision directly responded to sotomayor. he wrote, to disagree with the dissents views on the costs and benefits, people can disagree in good faith on this issue but it similarly does more harm than good to question the openness and candor of those on either side of the debate. an unusually strong rebuttal there and personal one. joining us now is professor of constitutional law at harvard, universit...

History including up to today only four women. so if you break that down it means the courts history and its entire history only 2.7% of justices have been minorities. and under 4% have been women. chief justice john roberts in this decision directly responded to sotomayor. he wrote, to disagree with the dissents views on the costs and benefits, people can disagree in good faith on this issue but it similarly does more harm than good to question the openness and candor of those on either side of...