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France will acquire Latvia’s BLAZE interceptor drones and launch local production through a partnership with Origin Robotics, Inc. The AI-enabled, man-portable system is designed to destroy hostile drones at lower cost than traditional air-defense solutions, reflecting Europe’s growing push for scalable counter-UAS capabilities and defense-industrial cooperation. #Eurosatory 🇫🇷🇱🇻

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As always, a good and productive meeting with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre. We discussed in detail our cooperation in the production and use of drones. Our experience is already being used in the Middle East and the Gulf. We are improving defense against “shahed” drones, and we believe this should also be done in Europe. Today, for this purpose, we initiated a Drone Deal with Norway and signed a Joint Declaration on Enhanced Defense and Security Cooperation. Now our teams will work out the details. We also focused on our joint production projects and cooperation priorities for this year, and not only in defense. We continue to work together with partners to strengthen our countries. I personally thank Jonas, Norway, and all Norwegians for their military and energy support for Ukraine, for strengthening our air defense, and for their readiness to continue support for the PURL initiative. We feel your support and are sincerely grateful for it.

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