Entente frugale is a term for cooperation between the British

Government of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Government is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining Ministers...

 and French

Government of France

The government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic"...

 governments, particularly in military procurement, which is driven by cost constraints, which was announced in November 2010.

The name is a wry reference to the entente cordiale

Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic. Beyond the immediate concerns of colonial expansion addressed by the agreement, the signing of the Entente Cordiale marked the end of almost a millennium of intermittent...

.

Together, France and the UK account for half of all military spending in the EU

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

, and two thirds of R&D.

Proposed Activities

• Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, with land, sea, and air components
• Cooperation on the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
  Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
  Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft is a British project to procure aerial refuelling and air transport for the Royal Air Force to replace VC10 and Lockheed TriStars then in service. After evaluation of bids the RAF selected the AirTanker consortium who had offered the Airbus A330 MRTT. AirTanker...
  
  : The French armed forces may pay to use a Airbus A330 MRTT
  Airbus A330 MRTT
  The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport is an aerial refuelling tanker aircraft based on the civilian Airbus A330-200. The A330 MRTT has been ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force , Royal Air Force , United Arab Emirates Air Force, and Royal Saudi Air Force...
  
   if there is spare capacity.
• Possible cooperation in Afghanistan
  War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
  The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...
  
  
• Cooperation on aircraft carrier
  Aircraft carrier
  An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
  
  s: Interoperability improvements, so warplanes from either country (F-35C Joint Strike Fighters and French navy's Dassault Rafale
  Dassault Rafale
  The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine delta-wing multi-role jet fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Introduced in 2000, the Rafale is being produced both for land-based use with the French Air Force and for carrier-based operations with the French Navy...
  
  s) could use each other's aircraft carriers.
• Joint development of new technologies for nuclear submarines
• Shared support for A400M fleets, including training
• Sharing of military communications satellites
• Cyber security
• Mine countermeasures
• Coordination of nuclear tests, and cooperation between Aldermaston
  Atomic Weapons Establishment
  The Atomic Weapons Establishment is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads for the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent. AWE plc is responsible for the day-to-day operations of AWE...
  
   and Valduc.
• Unmanned air vehicles.

External links

• UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation