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Larinae is Latin for seagull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nexter and its partners\u2019 proposed solution includes an unmanned aerial system (UAS) manufactured by French vendor EOS Technologie, along with core-generating charge technology produced by Nexter, and a GPS-independent navigation system capable of operating in contested environments from startup TRAAK. It\u2019s intended to have a range of at least 80 kilometers (nearly 50 miles) and to remain autonomous for three hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French defense ministry declined to give a price tag for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nexter \u2013 which is part of the European land defense systems group KNDS alongside Germany\u2019s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann \u2013 touted the munition\u2019s proposed ability to \u201cthwart\u201d active defenses of armored vehicles before piercing their armor. It will also contain an optronic ball capable of detecting vehicles 15 kilometers away by day, three kilometers by night, and which allows operators to observe terrain from afar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French Armed Forces have put a premium on developing a low-cost unmanned solution that can target and neutralize an armored vehicle between 5 and 50 kilometers away. Larinae focuses on the higher end of that distance, and a second project, \u201cColibri\u201d \u2013 or Hummingbird \u2013 focuses on the lower end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loitering munitions have received renewed attention from militaries since being used by both Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 2020, and for their use by Ukraine in their ongoing defense against Russian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2022\/06\/22\/france-requests-switchblade-loitering-munition-to-fill-urgent-capability-gap\/\">France first announced an interest in procuring U.S.-built loitering munitions in 2022<\/a> as a transitional capability while the Larinae and Colibri projects move forward. 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