Entente frugale

HMS Kent (foreground) escorts the French carrier de Gaulle

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]} as part of the Lancaster House Treaties.

The name is a wry reference to the Entente Cordiale of 1904.^[8]

Together, France and the UK account for half of all military spending in the EU, and two thirds of research and development.^[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

• French Armed Forces
• British Armed Forces

References

1. "BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: The entente frugale". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
2. "England und Frankreich schließen enge Militärkooperation - Nachrichten Print - DIE WELT - Politik - WELT ONLINE". Retrieved 2010-11-10. fru
3. "Entente Frugale « LRB blog". 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
4. ""Entente frugale" ruft Spötter auf den Plan - Rüstung - derStandard.at " International". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
5. "Comment: UK/France defence pact spells a tale of two cities". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
6. "Mac on... The Entente Frugale". Daily Mail. London. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
7. "FT.com / Europe - Cameron and Sarkozy seek entente cordiale". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
8. "Misstro blir vänskap när pengarna inte räcker - Världen - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
9. "" Entente frugale " entre Paris et Londres - Les blogs du Diplo". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
10. "UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation". Number10.gov.uk. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
11. "L'Europe de la défense est franco-britannique - ce n'est pas une première". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
12. "Afghanistan: l'Europe, combien de divisions ?". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
13. "Joint carrier operations, UAV developments in UK/France defence pact". Retrieved 2010-11-10.

External links

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