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The article discusses the investments of the French defense equipment agency DGA in aerospace research and technology, focusing on exports and development. Topics include investment in reducing the weight and cost of the M88 engine used in French Rafale fighter aircraft from the manufacturer Snecma, the Airborne Multirole Solid-state Active-array Radar (Amsar) international project, and the Ground Master 400 (GM400) air-defense radar system.

The article focuses on the joint frigates project of the French and Italian government. The main radar sensor on the French frigates is the Thales Herakles Multi-Function Radar operating in S band, with an integrated identification friend-or-foe system. Both the land-attack and the ASW ships will be fitted with the Thales 4110 CL, a bow medium-frequency sonar system with mine-avoidance capability. The main sensor on all 10 Italian ships is the Selex Sistemi Integrati Empar C-band MFR.

Presents news and developments relevant to defense and military activities compiled as of January 2004. Details about the manufacture of Type 45 destroyers by VT for the UK Royal Navy; Military and civil space observation symposium in Paris, France; Trials of the Airborne Aperture Radar by EADS Astrium.

Reports on the contract signed by ThalesRaytheonSystems with the French defence procurement agency, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA) to develop a demonstrator for a generation of air defence radar. Indication of a first phase in the development of a generation of mobile, multi-functional, modular radars and a line of products; Goal of the contract; Design function of the contract.