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' Ministry of the Armies ') is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of managing the French Armed Forces inside and outside French soil. Its head is the Minister of the Armed Forces. From 1947 until 2017, the Ministry was designated the Ministry of Defence (French: Ministère de la Défense). It is France's ministry of defense.
Since 1930, the position was often referred to as Minister of War and National Defence. In 1947, two years after World War II , the ministry merged with the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of Air (created in 1930), while being headed by a Minister of National Defence responsible for the French Armed Forces , often referred to as Minister ...
DGA logo. The Direction générale de l'armement (French pronunciation: [diʁɛksjɔ̃ ʒeneʁal də laʁməmɑ̃], lit. ' Directorate General of Armament ', abbr. DGA), established in 1961, is the French Government defence procurement and technology agency, responsible within the Ministry of Armed Forces for project management, development, and purchase of weapon systems for the French ...
The reserve element of the French Armed Forces consists of two structures; the Operational Reserve and the Citizens Reserve. As of 2022 the strength of the Operational Reserve is 25,785 personnel. [18] Apart from the three main service branches, the French Armed Forces also includes a fourth military branch called the National Gendarmerie.
France's defense minister on Wednesday pledged further military support for Ukraine insisting his government's backing is unflagging while efforts are also being made with Moscow to reach an ...
The Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security (Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale, SGDSN) is an interdepartmental organ under the Prime Minister of France. The Secretary General for National Defence is Stéphane Bouillon, appointed in 2020.
France is planning to have some of its arms manufacturers produce much-needed military equipment directly on Ukrainian soil to help the country in its war against Russia, Defence Minister ...
Hexagone Balard (French pronunciation: [ɛɡzaɡɔn balaʁ]) is the headquarters of the French Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Armed Forces.Inaugurated in 2015, more than 9,300 personnel from the French Army, French Navy, French Air and Space Force and Direction générale de l'armement have moved into this 165,000 m 2 (1,780,000 sq ft) [1] white opaque glass-fronted building, [2] on 41 ...