Macron, Merz and their delegations met at Nörvenich today for the Franco-German Defense and Security Council. They agreed on a sweeping package spanning nuclear deterrence, deep-strike weapons, air combat, tanks, space and more.
– The German military will join a French nuclear exercise for the first time following today’s deployment of French strategic-force Rafales to Nörvenich in Germany.
– The Franco-German Brigade will expand. More exercises on the Eastern flank.
– The joint Franco-German air transport squadron at Évreux is expected to reach full operational capability by the end of 2026.
– France and Germany will develop a sovereign European ballistic-missile-defense capability, linked with deep strike and early warning.
– Paris and Berlin will create a common European collaborative-combat standard linking fighters, collaborative combat aircraft and remote carriers through open architectures, shared interfaces and secure data exchange.
– On MGCS, the next generation tank, the two countries will pursue research and proof-of-concept work for networked manned and unmanned tracked vehicles, autonomous driving, sensors and multidomain combat.
– Together with Britain, they will assess cooperation across deep precision strike programs with particular emphasis on a 2,500-kilometer “ballistic boost” weapon and existing ArianeGroup capabilities.
– In space, they will examine interoperability between IRIS² and Germany’s planned national constellation, deepen reconnaissance cooperation and increase the use of Ariane 6 and other European launchers for military satellites.
– They will also scrutinize possible cooperation on active space-defense capabilities.
– Paris and Berlin will continue implementing the JEWEL early-warning initiative across its space, ground and command-and-control pillars — with other Europeans joining as well.
– They will develop a sovereign European military digital backbone covering secure data, artificial intelligence and cloud services.
– Germany and France reaffirmed plans to become equal state shareholders in KNDS and support an IPO once market conditions allow and both governments agree to proceed.
– A regular senior-level armaments dialogue will be established between the German and French procurement leadership to oversee projectsof common interests and defense innovation.
– Support for Ukraine will be ramped up through equipment, procurement, R&D, co-production and financing for Ukrainian production — with a particular focus on deep strike, air defense and ballistic-missile defense.
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Macron, Merz and their delegations met at Nörvenich today for the Franco-German Defense and Security Council. They agreed on a sweeping package spanning nuclear deterrence, deep-strike weapons, air combat, tanks, space and more.
– The German military will join a French nuclear exercise for the first time following today’s deployment of French strategic-force Rafales to Nörvenich in Germany.
– The Franco-German Brigade will expand. More exercises on the Eastern flank.
– The joint Franco-German air transport squadron at Évreux is expected to reach full operational capability by the end of 2026.
– France and Germany will develop a sovereign European ballistic-missile-defense capability, linked with deep strike and early warning.
– Paris and Berlin will create a common European collaborative-combat standard linking fighters, collaborative combat aircraft and remote carriers through open architectures, shared interfaces and secure data exchange.
– On MGCS, the next generation tank, the two countries will pursue research and proof-of-concept work for networked manned and unmanned tracked vehicles, autonomous driving, sensors and multidomain combat.
– Together with Britain, they will assess cooperation across deep precision strike programs with particular emphasis on a 2,500-kilometer “ballistic boost” weapon and existing ArianeGroup capabilities.
– In space, they will examine interoperability between IRIS² and Germany’s planned national constellation, deepen reconnaissance cooperation and increase the use of Ariane 6 and other European launchers for military satellites.
– They will also scrutinize possible cooperation on active space-defense capabilities.
– Paris and Berlin will continue implementing the JEWEL early-warning initiative across its space, ground and command-and-control pillars — with other Europeans joining as well.
– They will develop a sovereign European military digital backbone covering secure data, artificial intelligence and cloud services.
– Germany and France reaffirmed plans to become equal state shareholders in KNDS and support an IPO once market conditions allow and both governments agree to proceed.
– A regular senior-level armaments dialogue will be established between the German and French procurement leadership to oversee projectsof common interests and defense innovation.
– Support for Ukraine will be ramped up through equipment, procurement, R&D, co-production and financing for Ukrainian production — with a particular focus on deep strike, air defense and ballistic-missile defense.
Bad ass photo with the Eurofighter in the background