France allocates military resources to Operation Resilience
President Emmanuel Macron launched the French Army’s Operation Resilience during a visit to Mulhouse.
Operation Resilience ‘will be entirely devoted to aid and support the population as well as support for public services to deal with the epidemic’, said Macron.
The armed forces have been involved with health logisitics such as evacuating seriously ill patients from Corsica and setting up a military field hospital in Mulhouse.
Helicopter carriers are being deployed to French overseas territories in the Caribbean, South America and the Indian Ocean to transport COVID-19 patients.
In addition, France is withdrawing all 100 troops stationed in Iraq until further notice. They had been deployed in the Middle Eastern country to reclaim territory held by the Islamic State group.
The Armed Forces Ministry released a statement saying: ‘France has taken the decision to repatriate until further notice its personnel deployed in Operation Chammal in Iraq’.
More from Defence Notes
-
![Rheinmetall sales up by almost a quarter on wave of German spending]()
Rheinmetall sales up by almost a quarter on wave of German spending
Germany’s Rheinmetall released its 1H 2025 results on 7 August, continuing the strong growth of recent years. A particular highlight of the result’s presentation was the Skyranger air defence system for which the company is predicting sales of about US$8.2 billion from the German Government before the end of the year.
-
![Defence companies continue to ride procurement wave]()
Defence companies continue to ride procurement wave
Vehicle and technology companies are reporting substantial growth compared to the first half of 2024. Italy’s Fincantieri saw revenues jump 24% for the first half of the year compared to 2024 and Thales up 6.8% for the same period. General Dynamics reported second quarter revenue growth of 8.9% for the second quarter compared to last year and MilDef reported organic order intake growth of 58%.
-
![Singapore plots a way forward with new technology and formation reform]()
Singapore plots a way forward with new technology and formation reform
Singapore spends about 3.5% of GDP on defence and the section’s budget sits on high on the proportion of national spending. The country is investing in uncrewed technology, medium- and long-range fires and new submarines and ships with the hunt also on for new maritime patrol aircraft.
-
![World Defense Show promises bigger and better event for 2026]()
World Defense Show promises bigger and better event for 2026
At this year's IDEF in Istanbul, Shephard spoke to World Defense Show (WDS) CEO Andrew Pearcey about his event's strategic role in Saudi Arabia, its themes and new features for 2026 and how it has grown since its launch in 2022.
