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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Britain and France sign two deals on drone cooperation


BAE and Dassault will use Farnborough to strengthen their relationship
Britain and France on Tuesday signed two agreements paving the way for greater cooperation between the neighbours on the use of military drones.

British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian pledged closer military ties and said the deals represented "a new positive step in Franco-British cooperation on Unmanned Air Systems".

"Cooperation is essential at a time when defence budgets are under pressure," the ministers said in a joint statement, as Le Drian made his first visit to London since taking office in May.

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