US EditionFrench carmaker Renault to produce long-range drones for French forces
Renault will produce up to 600 long-range drones monthly in France under a €1 billion contract to boost domestic defense amid rising drone use in conflicts, officials said.
- This past week, Renault confirmed it will produce long-range strike drones for France's DGA in partnership with Turgis Gaillard, at Le Mans and Cléon.
- President Emmanuel Macron has urged a 'war economy' and earlier this month pressed faster defence production, while Renault said it was contacted months ago by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
- The Chorus design measures 10 metres with an eight-metre wingspan, reaching 400kph and 5,000 metres, with Renault producing the chassis in Le Mans and engines in Cléon.
- If approved, Renault could receive a 10-year contract worth €1 billion and produce up to 600 drones monthly, with a Le Mans ACI plant line employing 200 employees of 1,800.
- European defence firms are repurposing auto capacity, as Russia and Ukraine are increasingly using cheap long-range drones, highlighting the need for mass production, reports said.
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The Ukraine war and the transformation process in the automotive industry lead to the growing demand for a second foothold in the armaments industry. In the previous year, Porsche announced that, in view of declining profits in the main business segment, it will invest more in armaments and security areas. Similar ideas are also available at VW. Renault has now announced its entry into the production of military drones. The French Ministry of De…
The French car manufacturer Renault will no longer only build cars. The company is entering the production of high-tech drones for military use. The order is lucrative.
The project is supported by the French Ministry of Defence.
In an intervention since the Museum of Disembarkation of Utah Beach on June 6, 2025, Sébastien Lecornu, then Minister of the Armed Forces, had announced an unprecedented partnership: "A large company producing French cars – I don't give the name because it's up to her to announce it – will join forces with a French defence SME to arm production lines in Ukraine in order to be able to produce drones." According to the magazine L的Usine nouveau, th…
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