HMS Kent carries out manoeuvres with French Ship FS Charles De Gaulle

Entente frugale is the cooperation between the

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and French governments, particularly in military procurement, which is driven by cost constraints, which was announced in November 2010 as part of the

Lancaster House Treaties The Lancaster House Treaties of 2010 are two treaties between the United Kingdom and France for defence and security cooperation. They were signed at 10 Downing Street on 2 November 2010 by British prime minister David Cameron and French Presid ...

. The name is a wry reference to the

Entente Cordiale The Entente Cordiale (; ) comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Anglo-French relations. Beyond the immediate concerns of colonial de ...

of 1904. Together, France and the United Kingdom accounted for half of all military spending in the

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in 2010 and two thirds of

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Proposed activities

Combined Joint Expeditionary Force The Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) is an Anglo-French military force. It draws upon both the British Armed Forces and the French Armed Forces to field a deployable force with land, air and maritime components together with command and ...

, with land, sea, and air components *Cooperation on the

Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) is a British project to procure Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aerial refuelling (AR) and air transport (AT) aircraft for the Royal Air Force, to replace older models such as the VC10s and Tr ...

: The French armed forces may pay to use an Airbus A330 MRTT if there is spare capacity. *Possible cooperation in

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*Cooperation on

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s: Interoperability improvements, so warplanes from either country (

F-35B The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide elect ...

Joint Strike Fighters and French navy's

Dassault Rafale The Dassault Rafale (, literally meaning "gust of wind", and "burst of fire" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide ran ...

s) could use each other's aircraft carriers. *Joint development of new technologies for nuclear submarines *Shared support for

A400M The Airbus A400M AtlasNamed after the Greek mythological figure. is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military (now Airbus Defence and Space) as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabi ...

fleets, including training *Sharing of military communications satellites *Cyber security *Mine countermeasures *Coordination of nuclear tests, and cooperation between AWE Aldermaston and

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. * Unmanned air vehicles, including the

BAE/Dassault Telemos The BAE Systems/Dassault Telemos was an unmanned military aircraft being jointly developed by BAE Systems and Dassault. Development The BAE Systems Mantis, which first flew in 2009, was being used as the basis of development. However, flyin ...

References

External links

UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Entente Frugale British defence policymaking Military of France France–United Kingdom military relations

Proposed activities

See also

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