Entente frugale

Shared support of the British and French Airbus A400M aircraft fleets has been proposed.

Entente frugale is a term for cooperation between the British and French governments, particularly in military procurement, which is driven by cost constraints, which was announced in November 2010.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

The name is a wry reference to the entente cordiale.^[8]

Together, France and the UK account for half of all military spending in the EU, and two thirds of R&D.^[9]

Proposed activities

• Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, with land, sea, and air components^[10]
• Cooperation on the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft: The French armed forces may pay to use an Airbus A330 MRTT if there is spare capacity.^[11]
• Possible cooperation in Afghanistan^[12]
• Cooperation on aircraft carriers: Interoperability improvements, so warplanes from either country (F-35C Joint Strike Fighters and French navy's Dassault Rafales) could use each other's aircraft carriers.^[10][13]
• Joint development of new technologies for nuclear submarines
• Shared support for A400M fleets, including training^[5][10]
• Sharing of military communications satellites
• Cyber security
• Mine countermeasures
• Coordination of nuclear tests, and cooperation between Aldermaston and Valduc.^[2]
• Unmanned air vehicles, including the BAE/Dassault Telemos

See also

• Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty
• French Armed Forces
• British Armed Forces

References

External links

• UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation