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French defence ministry's 'homegrown' jammer is Chinese

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France's DGA procurement agency's aerial drone detection device (R) presented at the UAV Show 2025 in Bordeaux and China's Lizheng DFJ83 system for sale on a Polish website (L).
France's DGA procurement agency's aerial drone detection device (R) presented at the UAV Show 2025 in Bordeaux and China's Lizheng DFJ83 system for sale on a Polish website (L). © Intelligence Online

The technological sovereignty proclaimed by France's DGA procurement agency in its anti-drone efforts is not all it seems. The defence ministry's system, seen at the European defence and dual-use drone exhibition in Bordeaux, is in fact made by a Chinese company.

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