Alexandre Lahousse
Deputy director general of France's Direction Générale de l'Armement.
Alexandre Lahousse, the DGA deputy director general, disclosed France's first order for 50 GOBI Zephyr interceptor drones on 23 September.
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Alexandre Lahousse is deputy director general of France's Direction Générale de l'Armement, the agency responsible for defence procurement. His role places him at the point where French forces' needs meet industrial orders.
The DGA's work matters because it turns defence requirements into contracts, trials and deliveries. Lahousse's disclosure of the Zephyr order identifies him as a senior public face of that procurement process.
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