Franco-British deal ruffles allies’ feathers

When Peter Luff, the UK’s defence equipment minister, spoke to business leaders this summer about the Anglo-French military treaty, the most closely followed part of his speech concerned the future of drone-aircraft. Indeed, the most eye-catching industrial development to emerge from the treaty is an alliance between the UK’s BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation of France, the two countries’ fighter jet manufacturers.

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