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France excludes start-ups from ISR surface drone tender

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A DriX surface drone chartered by Exail in the Bay of Biscay, France, on 23 February 2023.
A DriX surface drone chartered by Exail in the Bay of Biscay, France, on 23 February 2023. © Stéphane Durand/PhotoPQR/Sud Ouest/MaxPPP

France's DGA defence procurement agency wants several dozen long-endurance surface drones to extend intelligence-gathering operations around French Navy warships. The high turnover threshold required excludes the start-ups that drive the sector.

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