Next-gen tech investments, platform upgrades lead France’s 2022 defense budget (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

September 23, 2021

French Army soldiers from the ‘Operation Barkhane’ get ready as preparations are made for the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2021. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

The French ministry of defense is pouring billions of euros into critical technologies and new equipment in 2022, as it sets its sights on a future battlefield dominated by advanced platforms, cyber defenses and space-based capabilities.

The budget, released Sept. 22, includes €40.9 billion [$49 billion] and reflects the nation’s commitment to increase its defense funds by €1.7 billion [$2 billion] year over year since 2019. That yearly increase is a key component of the ministry’s 2019-2025 military program law; in 2021, the ministry allocated €39.2 billion to its military forces.

Next-gen tech investments, platform upgrades lead France’s 2022 defense budget (defensenews.com)

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

Next-gen tech investments, platform upgrades lead France’s 2022 defense budget (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

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