KUWAIT CITY, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Kuwait and France have signed a landmark defense agreement to enhance bilateral cooperation.

PARIS, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- DCNS has signed a contract to deliver three additional FREMM multi-mission frigates for the French navy.

SAUMUR, France, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A high-level defense conference opening Thursday in central France looks at how the economic crisis is affecting the defense industry.

PARIS, July 24 (UPI) -- Seven European members of the NATO alliance have agreed to give European plane-maker Airbus another chance to deliver the much-delayed A400M military transporter. The heavy transporter aircraft, originally due for delivery in 2009, has been portrayed as a symbol of Europe's bid to forge a distinct and united military identity and capability.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, June 15 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accompanied by an Airbus full of Cabinet ministers and business tycoons, recently flew to Abu Dhabi to inaugurate France's first permanent military base in the Persian Gulf -- and to hustle some of the big defense contracts coming up in the region.

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 5 (UPI) -- Aircraft manufacturer Airbus said the systems on Air France Flight 477 were providing inconsistent airspeed data before the jet disappeared over the Atlantic.

PARIS, May 4 (UPI) -- A man whose yacht was being held by Somali pirates was killed accidentally by French commandos during a rescue attempt, Europe 1 reported Monday.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- France boosts arms exports by 15 percent; France still hopes to sell Dassault Rafale jets to foreign customers

DEAUVILLE, France, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The European Union approved setting up an anti-piracy operation off the Somali coast, with at least eight countries agreeing to participate, officials said.