As the conflict in Ukraine continues, the defence ministers of the E5 group (France, Germany, Poland, Italy and the United Kingdom) met in Paris on Wednesday 12 March. The aim of this meeting was to consolidate their support for Ukraine and to examine European defence projects.

AsterX is tactical and operational training for all the French Space Command units, enabling them to continue qualifying for the military space operations with institutional, ind...

AsterX 2025: the 5th edition of the French military space exercise was held at the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) in Toulouse from March 17 to 28, 2025.

AsterX 2025: the 5th edition of the French military space exercise was held at the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) in Toulouse from March 17 to 28, 2025.

Provide close-range intelligence, day and night.

The Patroller tactical drone system is a drone designed for gathering intelligence, surveilling, and illuminating targets both day and night. It supports tactical intelligence by providing real-time information, day or night.

The French Ministry of Defence has just over two hundred high-level sportsmen and women among its civilian and military staff. Assigned to the Joinville Battalion of the National Defence Sport Center (CNSD), these athletes have formed a team known since 2014 as the "Army of Champions". With ...

The Olympic torch will travel through 64 departments including five overseas territories, to meet the people of France. Guards will accompany the torchbearers along the road, day and night, to ensure the safety, security, integrity and stewardship of the torch. The Paris 2024 Committee has proposed ...

In the early 19th century, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte enforced the idea of "physically educating" soldiers, following an intensive sporting experience during a trip to England. The notion of physical exercise became synonymous with a healthy, robust and resilient army. Athletes, lik...

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