Entente frugale

Entente frugale is a term for cooperation between the British and French governments, particularly in military procurement, which is driven by cost constraints, which was announced in November 2010.

The name is a wry reference to the entente cordiale.

Together, France and the UK account for half of all military spending in the EU, and two thirds of R&D.

Proposed Activities

 * Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, with land, sea, and air components
 * Cooperation on the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft: The French armed forces may pay to use an Airbus A330 MRTT if there is spare capacity.
 * Possible cooperation in Afghanistan
 * Cooperation on aircraft carriers: Interoperability improvements, so warplanes from either country (F-35C Joint Strike Fighters and French navy's Dassault Rafales) could use each other's aircraft carriers.
 * Joint development of new technologies for nuclear submarines
 * Shared support for A400M fleets, including training
 * Sharing of military communications satellites
 * Cyber security
 * Mine countermeasures
 * Coordination of nuclear tests, and cooperation between Aldermaston and Valduc.
 * Unmanned air vehicles, including the BAE/Dassault Telemos