DEFENCE KEY FIGURES

2017 EDITION
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Defence figures 2016 - 2017
1. The State’s main budgetary missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. The defence budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. The ministry manpower in 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Defence pillar of the National Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. Operational deployments of the French armed forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6. Equipment of the armed forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7. Comparisons of the defence budget between the United States and the European Union. 26
8. Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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9. For further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Nota bene: the marginal difference that may exist in the totals is due to rounded figures.
 Introduction
This brochure is a summary of the main figures concerning Defence. It presents the budgetary data, the number of
personnel, the equipment of the armed forces and the forces deployed overseas.
In accordance with the 2014-2019 Military Programming Law, with its updating in 2015 and with decisions following
terrorist attacks of 2015 and 2016, the budget of the French Ministry for the Armed Forces was increased by €600M
in 2017 in comparison to 2016 Finance Law (and has thus reached €32.7bn of resources).
In the context of a very strong military activity of the French armed forces (beyond operational contracts), the budget of
the French Ministry for the Armed Forces has aimed to enhance the means for the benefit of operational units, intelligence
and cyber defence while preserving preparation for the future and equipment renewal. It also makes it possible the
implementation of measures relating to the improvement of the condition of personnel. Budgetary credits in 2017 Initial
Finance Law have thus been increased by €600M in comparison to 2016.
The French President has announced for the year 2018 a very important increase in this effort in comparison to 2017
Initial Finance Law, consistent with the long-term goal to reach a 2% defence effort in 2025.
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 1. The State’s main budgetary missions
1.1 B
 reakdown of budgetary credits among the State missions, excluding reimbursements and rebates
(2017 Initial Finance Law)

2.54 Veterans, remembrance and defence-nation links (incl. P158)1 Anciens  combaVants,  mémoire  et  liens  avec  la  NaJon  (P158  inclus)*  
2.60 Public aid to development Aide  publique  au  développement  
2.91 Culture Culture  
3.01 External action of the State AcJon  extérieure  de  l'État  
3.11 State’s general and territorial administration AdministraJon  générale  et  territoriale  de  l'État  
3.35 Agriculture, food, fishing, forest and rural affairs Agriculture,  alimentaJon,  pêche,  forêt  et  affaires  rurales  
3.44 Relationships with territorial administration RelaJons  avec  les  collecJvités  territoriales  
6.31 Pensions and benefit systems Régimes  sociaux  et  de  retraite  
8.54 Justice JusJce  
9.62 Ecology, sustainable development and mobility Écologie,  développement  et  mobilité  durables  
10.86 Public finance and human resources management GesJon  des  finances  publiques  et  des  ressources  humaines  
11.44 Other State missions Autres  missions  de  l'État  
15.46 Jobs and employment Travail  et  emploi  
17.85 Solidarity, social insertion and equal opportunity Solidarité,  inserJon  et  égalité  des  chances  
18.35 Territorial equality and housing Égalité  des  territoires  et  logement    
19.51 Security Sécurités  
26.95
40.59

Defence
Research and higher education (incl. P191) Recherche  et  enseignement  supérieur  (P191  inclus)  
Défense  
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70.01 School education
Enseignement  scolaire  
42.10 State financial commitments (for the record) Engagements  financiers  de  l'État  (pour  mémoire)  
0.00
 0,00    110.00
0,00          220.00
0,00          30.00
30,00          440.00
0,00          50.00
50,00          660.00
0,00          70.00
70,00          880.00
0,00        

Payment appropriations (PA) in € bn, including pensions.

1. Programme 158 (€101M), entitled “Compensation for victims of anti-semitic persecutions and barbaric acts during World War II”,
is under the authority of Prime Minister’s department. It aims to provide compensation in aid of victims (or their assignees) of anti‑semitic
persecutions or barbaric acts committed during World War II.
 1.2 The French Ministry for the Armed Forces budget (including pensions) within the budget of the State
(2017 Initial Finance Law)
School education Jobs and employment
22.0% 4.9%
State financial commitment Other State missions
(for the record) 7.3%
13.2%
Territorial equality
Relationships and housing
with territorial administration 5.8%
1.1% General
Solidarity, social insertion
State budget:
Agriculture, food, fishing, and equal opportunity policy
€318.54bn
forest and rural affairs 5.6%
1.1%
Total for Security
Pensions and benefit systems the French Ministry 6.1%
2.0% for the Armed Forces: Research
€43.2bn1 and higher education
Justice
2.7% 8.4%
Ecology, sustainable
development and mobility
French Ministry
3.0%
6 for the Armed Forces: 13.6%
Public finance
and human resources P191 Civilian and military dual research
3.4% 0.1%

The French Ministry for the Armed Forces has credits which are allocated Veterans, remembrance
and defence-nation links
over three missions and which constitute 13.6% of the general State budget 0.8%
(excluding pensions: 10.2%). Defence
1. This amount doesn’t cover resources from sales. 12.7%
2. The defence budget
The “Loi organique relative aux lois de finances” (LOLF) budget system law sets forth the budget according to an allocation
of credits for missions, programmes and actions.
Three budgetary missions are thus allocated to the French Ministry for the Armed Forces: the “Defence” mission as
such, the “Veterans, remembrance and defence-nation links” mission, as well as the “Dual (civil and military) research”
programme from the interdepartmental mission for “Research and higher education”.
The 2017 budget for the “Defence” mission amounts to €32.7bn (excluding pensions), namely around €600M more
than its level in 2016. This budget includes €250M from sales of real estate and equipment.

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 2.1 The LOLF-format Defence budget

Missions Programmes Actions

Collection and processing of intelligence pertaining to

French security
Environment
and future defence policy (144) Future defence analysis
International relations and defence diplomacy

Deterrence
Command and information management
Deployment – mobility – support
Equipment of the armed forces (146) Engagement and combat
Protection and safety
Defence Preparation and conduct of armament operations
Foreign shares and civilian programmes

Capacity planning and conduct of operations

8 Preparation of land forces
Preparation of naval forces
Preparation and employment of forces (178) Preparation of air forces
Logistics and joint services support
Cost overruns related to deployments abroad
Cost overruns related to domestic deployments
Missions Programmes Actions

Real estate policy

Information, administration and management systems
Human resources policy
Culture and education policy
Restructuring programme
Management, support and communication
Collection and processing of intelligence pertaining to
French security - Staff working for “Environment and future
Defence Support to defence policy (212) defence policy” programme
Future defence - Staff working for “Environment and future
defence policy” programme
International relations
Preparation and conduct of armament operations - Staff 9
working for “Equipment of the armed forces” programme
Capacity planning and conduct of operations - Staff working for
“Preparation and employment of forces” programme
Preparation of land forces - Staff working for “Preparation
and employment of forces” programme
 Missions Programmes Actions

Preparation of naval forces - Staff working for “Preparation

and employment of forces” programme
Preparation of air forces - Staff working for “Preparation
and employment of forces” programme
Logistics and joint services support - Staff working for
“Preparation and employment of forces” programme
Cost overruns related to operations - Staff working for
“Preparation and employment of forces” programme
Real estate - Staff working for “Real estate” action
Social action, unemployment and pensions
Defence Support to defence policy (212) Culture and education policy - management and
communication of historical archives of the Ministry of Defence
- Staff working for “Culture and education policy” action
Restructuring programme - HR
Management, support - Staff working for “Management,
10 support” action
Defence information day - Staff working for “Defence
information day” programme
Influence and external contribution
Management, support and communication - staff
expenditure of ministerial cabinets and attached bodies/
Human resources
 Missions Programmes Actions

Defence information day

Defence-nation links (167)
Remembrance policy
Veterans,
remembrance
and Life debt management
defence-
nation links Management of war disability pensions rights
Recognition and compensation for veterans (169)
Solidarity
Policy in favour of repatriates

Dual research in life sciences

Research Dual research in information and communication sciences
and higher Dual (civil and military) research (191) and technology
education Dual research in aerospace
Other dual research and technological developments
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 2.2 Breakdown of budgetary credits by programmes (opex1 and including pensions)
€180.07M
€2,398.38M €1,335.95M
€38.30M €10,051.37M “Defence” mission: €40,841.04M
Environment
and future defence policy (P144)
Equipment of the armed forces (P146)
Preparation and employment of forces (P178)
Support to the defence policy (P212)

Total for
the French Ministry “Veterans, remembrance
for the Armed Forces: and defence-nation links”
€43.5bn mission: €2,436.68M
(including pensions and
resources from sales) Defence-nation links (P167)
Recognition and compensation
for veterans (P169)

Dual
12 (civil and military) research P191: €180.07M
€22,106.69M €7,347.02M Dual research (P191)

1. The amount contained in the Initial Finance Law about French overseas operations is €450M including €170M
on the wage bill (on the programme 212) and €280M excluding the wage bill (on the programme 178).

For the record: the marginal difference that may exist in the totals is due to rounded figures.
2.3 B
 reakdown of the “Defence” mission’s budgetary resources
(2017 Initial Finance Law, resources from sales, excluding pensions)

2017 Resources
Strategic operations (excluding pensions) in €bn
Wage bill (T2) excluding overseas operations 11.4
Wage bill €11.6bn
T2 overseas operations 0.2
Training (AOP) 1.1
Excluding equipment
Running and specific activities (FAS) 2.4
€3.8bn
Excluding T2 overseas operations 0.3
Other armament operations (AOA) 1.3
Nuclear deterrence (DIS) 3.9
Support equipment (EAC) 1.0
Armament programmes environment (EPA) 0.1
Scheduled equipment maintenance (EPM) 3.4 Equipment
Scheduled staff management (EPP) 0.2 €17.3bn 13
Defence infrastructures (INFRA) 1.2
Programmes with major impact (PEM) 5.4
Prospects and preparation of the future (PPA) 0.6
Intelligence (RENS) 0.3
“Defence” mission total 32.7

For the record: the marginal difference that may exist in the totals is due to rounded figures.
 2.4 Support to Defence Research and Development
The French Ministry for the Armed Forces fosters and supports industrial and technological innovation. In 2017, the French
Ministry for the Armed Forces allocates €4.9bn to Research and Development (R&D).

RESEARCH RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) AND TECHNOLOGY (R&T)
including Defence studies including Technology demonstrations

€4.928bn €851M
P146
• Development P146 • Subsidies ONERA and
Franco-German Research
Institute in St. Louis (ISL) - P144
DEFENCE
STUDIES P146
including R&T P191
P144
€1.585bn
• AEC* research P146 TECHNOLOGY
• Dual research P191 DEMONSTRATIONS
P144
• Operational P144
and technical operational
studies P144 €720M
• Strategic P144 • Contracts concluded
14 and future-oriented studies with industry
• Subsidies which enable
P144
to support innovation
on dual matters (ASTRID,
RAPID**, PhDs,
competitiveness clusters)

* French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.

** Projects developed within Defence - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) Pact.
The sum specified for each circle includes in particular the sum indicated for the inner circle.
3. The ministry manpower in 2016
3.1 Breakdown of personnel per staff category in 2016 in ETPT1
Public-sector workers
16,567
Cat. C or level III Officers
20,566 32,459

Cat. B or level II
12,081

Cat. A or level I
11,123
Volunteers
2,067 Total staff:
265,458

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Enlisted NCOs²
ranks-and-files³ 92,090
78,505

1. Full-Time Worked Equivalents: unit of headcount which takes in account the agent’s period of professional activity for the year and his/her working time portion.
2. Non-commissioned officers (petty officers in the Navy).
3. Leading seamen and sailors in the Navy.
 3.2 Breakdown of soldiers, per staff category and per managing services
In ETPT Officers NCOs Enlisted ranks-and-files Volunteers Total %
Army 13,701 37,855 60,395 551 112,502 54.8
Navy 4,492 23,328 6,870 862 35,552 17.3
Air Force 6,299 24,416 10,381 64 41,160 20.0
Gendarmerie1 202 1,798 0 411 2,411 1.2
SSA 3,248 4,325 0 165 7,738 3.8
SEA 201 322 859 0 1,382 0.7
DGA 1,788 0 0 0 1,788 0.9
SCA 1,863 8 0 14 1,885 0.9
Other managing services2 665 38 0 0 703 0.4
Total 32,459 92,090 78,505 2,067 205,121 100.0
% 15.8 44.9 38.3 1.0 100.0
Field: all soldiers under Defence’s PMEA.
It means that 13,701 officers have been managed by Army in 2016.
1. These data only include gendarmes under Defence’s PMEA, that is to say Maritime Gendarmerie, Air Gendarmerie, Ordnance Gendarmerie (DGA) and Nuclear
16 Ordnance Security (security force for the French nuclear arsenal).
2. APM, CGA and SID.
Nota bene 1: students of the École Polytechnique are no longer under Defence’s PMEA since 2015.
Nota bene 2: soldiers from Army or Navy who are employed by other ministries or by territorial administration (i.e. apart from Defence’s PMEA), are not taken
into account. It concerns, for Army, Training and response units of the French Civil Defence (UIISC) and the Paris Fire Brigade (BSPP) which are
employed by the French Ministry of the Interior, and, for Navy, the Marseille Marine Fire Department (BMPM).
3.3 Breakdown of civilian personnel, per staff category

In ETPT Cat. A Cat. B Cat. C Public-sector

Total %
or level I or level II or level III workers
Army 813 1,090 2,543 3,612 8,058 13.4
Navy 425 586 959 774 2,744 4.5
Air Force1 737 834 723 2,785 5,079 8.4
Miscellaneous2 9,148 9,571 16,341 9,396 44,456 73.7
Total 11,123 12,081 20,566 16,567 60,337 100.0
% 18.4 20.0 34.1 27.5 100.0
1. Including SIAé.
2. SCA, SSA, DGA, SGA (including DICoD), DIRISI, SEA, SIMu, OIAS, DRM, DRSD, DGSE, DPID, DGSIC, DGRIS and EMA (heart of this service).

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 3.4 Women/men breakdown in 2016 in ETPT

Soldiers Civilians Total

Women Men Subtotal Women Men Subtotal Women Men Total

Staff 31,412 173,709 205,121 22,857 37,480 60,337 54,269 211,189 265,458
% 15.3 84.7 100.0 37.9 62.1 100.0 20.4 79.6 100.0

The average age of soldiers is 33.2 years old (33.1 years old for women and 33.2 years old for men).
The average age of civilian personnel is 47.4 years old (47.8 years old for women and 47.1 years old for men).

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3.5 Breakdown of personnel per status

Soldiers
In ETPT Career Temporary-career Total
Officers 24,512 7,947 32,459
NCOs 49,174 42,916 92,090
Enlisted ranks-and-files 0 78,505 78,505
Volunteers 0 2,067 2,067
Total 73,686 131,435 205,121
% 35.9 64.1 100.0

Civilians
In ETPT Unestablished
Public servants Public-sector workers Total
public servants
Cat. A or level I 6,748 4,375 - 11,123 19
Cat. B or level II 10,944 1,137 - 12,081
Cat. C or level III 16,978 3,588 - 20,566
Public-sector workers - - 16,567 16,567
Total 34,670 9,100 16,567 60,337
% 57.4 15.1 27.5 100.0
 4. Defence pillar of the National Guard
The National Guard comprises the operational reserve of the armed forces and of the national Gendarmerie and the civilian
reserve of the national Police. Only the figures relating to the operational reserve of armed forces (level 1 or RO1) are
presented in this document.
4.1 Breakdown of the French Ministry for the Armed Forces’ operational reserve (excluding national
Gendarmerie) per armed forces, departments and managing services
Distribution of volunteers under ESR* per category and per armed forces, departments and managing services
Officers NCOs Enlisted ranks-and-files Total %
Army 4,160 4,939 9,652 18,751 58.0%
Navy 1,522 2,219 1,440 5,181 16.0%
Air Force 1,236 1,863 1,716 4,815 14.9%
SSA 1,554 1,347 26 2,927 9.1%
SCA** 446 1 0 447 1.4%
SEA 33 33 21 87 0.3%
20 DGA 95 0 0 95 0.3%
Total 9,046 10,402 12,855 32,303 100.0%
% 28.0% 32.2% 39.8% 100.0%

Source: General Secretariat of the CSRM.

Field: total of reservists under ESR* on the 31st December 2016.
* Reserve commitment (contracts).
** Military chaplains and logistics officers.
4.2 Budget of the French Ministry for the Armed Forces’ operational reserve

The budget of the French Ministry for the Armed Forces’ operational reserve increased from €71.4M in 2014 to
€81.9M in 2015 and €101.3M in 2016. This increase of €29.9M in two years corresponds to a 41.9% increase in the
budget allocated to the operational reserve.
2014 2015 2016
Armed Forces 71.4 81.9 101.3

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 5. Operational deployments of the French armed forces
More than 30,000 French deployed soldiers*
National Territory:
13,000 soldiers deployed on
national territory (including
-> Land engagement 3,000 as strategic reserve)
-> Maritime security
-> Aviation safety

Overseas operations: Presence forces

Barkhane Sovereignty forces

Corymbe
Atalanta/OPT/CMF
(including command
100 United Arab Emirates of TF 150)
Mauritania - Mali 4,000
650 (FFEAU) EUNAVFOR Med
Burkina Faso soldiers French West Indies
Senegal
Niger - Chad (FAA) 1,000 XXX Number of soldiers
(EFS) 350 1,450
200
French Guiana 2,100 Djibouti
Chammal Ivory Coast 950
(FAG) (FFDJ) French Polynesia
(FFCI) 350
250
(FAPF) 900
1,200 Gabon
Syria - Iraq soldiers (EFG) New Caledonia
22 Nuclear deterrence: 1,600

Réunion
1,450(FANC)
Daman (FAZSOI)
900
Lebanon soldiers

Enhanced Forward
Participation in multinational operations (NATO/UNO/EU)
Presence (eFP)
DRC (MONUSCO): 5 CAR (MINUSCA + EUTM + NSE): 280 Ivory Coast (UNOCI): from 30 to 50
300 Liberia (UNMIL) / Sinai (MFO): 5 Mali (EUTM + MINUSMA): from 30 to 50
Estonia soldiers Sahara (MINURSO): from 5 to 15 * Soldiers on operations, on a mission or on alert.
Joint Staff / July 2017
6. Equipment of the armed forces
6.1 Army (figures on the 1st July 2017)
Equipment Amount Equipment Amount
Armoured vehicle 6,634 Infantry equipment 23,075
Combat tank 200 FELIN 23,075
Leclerc 200 Anti-tank weapon system 1,076
Tracked armoured vehicle 155 Milan firing station 400
VHM (High-mobility vehicle) 53 Hot 0
DCL (Leclerc repair tank) 18 Eryx 600
AMX 30 D 30 Javelin 76
EBG & SDPMAC1 54 Helicopter 286
Wheeled vehicle 6,279 All types of Gazelle 99
AMX 10 RCR 248 Tigre 62
ERC 90 Sagaie 80 Cougar 26
VBCI (Armoured infantry fighting vehicle) 629 Puma SA 330 68
Troop transport (all types of LAV) 2,661 Caracal 8
LAV (PVP) 1,179 Caiman 23
LAV (VBL-VB2L) 1,462 Training helicopter 18
Aravis 16 Fennec2 18
Buffalo 4 Liaison aircraft 13 23
Conventional artillery 363 TBM 700 (8), Pilatus (5)
155 mm self-propelled gun 121 Ground-to-air weapon system 221
VOA (Artillery observation vehicle) 89 Upgraded Mistral firing station 221
120 mm mortar 140 UAV (delivered by air) 63
LRU (Unitary launch rocket system) 13 SDTI (Sperwer tactical UAV system) 25
DRAC (Close-range reconnaissance UAV system) 38
1. Pyrotechnic mine disposal system for anti-tank mines.
2. Training fleet (EC120 Colibri) has been outsourced.
 6.2 Navy (figures on the 1st July 2017)
Equipment Amount Equipment Amount
Combat and support ship 74 On-board aircraft 45
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine 4 French Navy Rafale 42
Nuclear-powered attack submarine 6 Hawkeye – E2C 3
Aircraft carrier 1 Maritime patrol aircraft 22
Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) 3 Atlantique 2 -
1st rank frigate1 17 Maritime surveillance aircraft 13
Surveillance frigate 6 Falcon 50 M 8
Offshore patrol vessel2 20 Falcon 200 5
Minehunter 11 Combat and rescue helicopter 53
France’s overseas departments and territories support Caiman Marine (18), Panther (16),
3
ship3 Lynx (16), Dauphin Pedro (3)
Command and replenishment ship 3
Support and public service helicopter 26
Landing Platform Dock (LPD) and Landing craft4 17 Dauphin N and Dauphin N3+ 8
Maritime Gendarmerie 38 Alouette III 18
Patrol boat and costal cutter 5
-
Maritime support aircraft 24
Hydrographic and oceanographic ship 4 Falcon 10 M 6
Channel mine clearance and surveillance 7 Xingu 11
Base ship for mine clearance and sonar towing vessel6 - Cap 10 M 7
24 Auxiliary ship 4
Sea tugboat, regional support ship7 - 1 Polar Logistic Vessel or PLV (the delivery date is on after 1st July 2017).
Training 14 3. 3 multi-mission ships.
Navy academy training ship and sailing boat8 - 4. 13 Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM), 4 Landing Catamaran (LCAT).
Experimentations and tests ship 3 5. 6 coastal patrol boats (Gendarmerie), 24 coastal surveillance cutters
for maritime surveillance, 8 surveillance cutters for maritime and port
1. 2 air defence frigates, 2 anti-aircraft frigates, 4 European multi-mission surveillance.
frigates, 4 anti-submarine frigates, 5 La Fayette-class frigates. 6. 4 base ships for mine clearance, 3 sonar towing vessels.
2. 9 offshore patrol vessels, 3 coastal patrol boats, 3 P 400-class patrol ships, 7. 1 ocean going tug, 3 regional support ships.
1 Guyanese light patrol boat (PLG), 3 patrol ships (Arago, Le Malin, Fulmar), 8. 8 training ships, 2 sailing schooners, 4 sailing cutters.
6.3 Air Force (figures on the 1st July 2017)
Equipment Amount Equipment Amount
Combat aircraft 232 Training aircraft 139
Rafale (omnirole) 98 Epsilon (pilot’s initial training)
1
32
Mirage 2000 N (nuclear and conventional assault) 22 Alpha Jet (fighter pilot’s training)2 84
Mirage 2000 D (conventional assault) 68 Xingu (transport pilot’s training) 23
Mirage 2000-5 and 2000 C (air defence) 38 Helicopter 76
Mirage 2000 B (transformation) 6 Fennec (Air defence - air security active measures) 40
Transport aircraft 78 Caracal (Combat Search and Rescue) 10
A340 and A310 (strategic airlift) 5 Super Puma and Puma (Transport, Search and Rescue)t 26
C160 Transall (tactical transport) 21 UAV (delivered by air) 10
C130 Hercules (tactical transport) 14 Harfang 4
CN235 (tactical transport light) 27 Reaper 6
A400M Atlas (tactical transport with strategic range) 11 Ground-to-air weapon system 20
Support aircraft 20 Crotale NG 12
C135FR and KC 135 (tanker aircraft) 14 SAMP “Mamba” 8
E-3F SDCA (airborne detection command and control) 4
C160G (electromagnetic intelligence gathering) 2
Liaison aircraft 27
A330, Falcon 7X, Falcon 900 and Falcon 2000 7
(aircraft for governmental use) 25
TBM 700 and DHC6 (liaison aircraft) 20
1. Management of training aircraft Grob 120 and Cirrus SR20 and SR22 has been outsourced.
2. Including Patrouille de France.
 7. Comparisons of the defence budget
between the United States and the European Union
700 4.0%
3.6%

(as a percentage of Gross domestic product [GDP])

3.5%
Defence budget* in 2016 $bn (prices of 2010)

600

3.0%
500

Defence budget* in 2016

2.5%
400 2.2%

1.8% 2.0%
300
1.3% 1.5%
1.2%
1.1% 1.2%
200 0.9% 1.0%

100 59.5 0.5%

50.3 45.1
23.1
26 608.4 189.9 10.3 13.2
0 0.0%
United United France EU Germany Italy Netherlands Spain
States Kingdom (22 countries)**

* Including pensions.
** 22 countries of EU members of Nato (excluding UK).
Source: Nato - Statistical Memorandum (March 2017)
Nota bene: the choice to count in dollars (prices of 2010) is based on the desire to be close to Nato source and not to introduce a bias
linked to the choice of the euro/dollar exchange rate. Data is directly accessible on the Nato website.
8. Glossary
APM: Military Criminal Affairs
CGA: General Inspectorate of the French Armed Forces
CIE: Joint Command Space
CSRM: High Council of the Military Reserve
DGA: Defence Procurement Agency
DGRIS: Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy
DGSE: Directorate General for External Security
DGSIC: Directorate General for Information and Communication Systems
DICoD: Defence Information and Public Affairs Directorate
DIRISI: Joint Department of Infrastructure Networks and Information Systems
DPID: Directorate for Protection of Installations, Means and Activities of Defence
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DRSD: Directorate for Defence Intelligence and Security
DRM: Directorate of Military Intelligence
EMA: Joint Staff
 LFI: Initial Finance Law
LOLF: Organic Law relating to Finance Laws
LPM: Military Programming Law
OIAS: Joint Support Service
OPEX: Overseas operations
PMEA: Ministerial Ceiling of Authorized Posts
REO: Repository for the organization
SCA: Administrative, General Support and Legal Service
SEA: Petrol, Oil and Lubricant Services
SGA: General Secretariat for Administration
SIAé: Aircraft Maintenance Service, i.e. State-owned aviation workshops group
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SID: Defence Infrastructure Service
SIMu: Joint Ammunition Agency
SSA: Defence Health Service
9. For further information

French Ministry for the Armed Forces website

www.defense.gouv.fr

Sources:
• 2017 Initial Finance Law
• 2017 Defence Statistical Yearbook
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• 2016 Social Report
• 2013 French White Paper on Defence and National Security
• Updating of the 2014-2019 Military Programming
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