Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Ulrike Franke
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Excellent new commentary by my colleague Nick Witney!
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Blaming Dassault for FCAS’s failure is fashionable - and Dassault and Eric Trappier certainly share part of the blame! But it’s too easy to pretend it was all them.
My comments in the long France24 Spotlight interview from last night.
Mercedes Benz and drone company
Tytan to work together on “Drone Defender”
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/m...
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This is ridiculous indeed.
Again: how did they screw up the cancellation announcement so badly when they were preparing it for months?!
#FCAS
(Translation: we STILL don’t have the official FCAS jet cancellation announcement even though officials already talk about it)
Interesting.
“Under tighter national rules imposed in May, owners must register almost all drones with local authorities, transmit real-time flight data and get approval in advance for flights in extensive restricted zones in most cities.”
Really curious to see whether they can pull this off
This strikes me as the most important point: Europeans do not only need to rethink how to *organise* NATO without the US but also how NATO without the US can *fight*.
Full interview on FCAS failure (in English)
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
English reporting
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Mercedes set to partner with drone defence start-up Tytan
They were right to stop a project which just wouldn’t work - it’s still a bad signal regarding Europe’s independent defence capabilities.
My comments from last night on the FCAS jet cancellation.
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Buying new kit is easy. The real challenge for European militaries is to rethink how they organise themselves—and how they plan to fight
François Picard is pleased to welcome Ulrike Franke, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. According to Franke, the project's demise was "not a surprise to anybody." While...
Fun Fact: alle berichten vom Scheitern des FCAS-Projekts, und Verteidigungsminister Pistorius tut so, als sei das doch klar. Aber offiziell haben bislang weder Berlin noch Paris es für nötig gehalten, das auch offiziell zu verkünden.
