Olympic Membership - Free Live Stream Sports & Original Series - join now! 🥇 Olympic Torch Relay | Stage 40 - Doubs | Olympic Games Paris 2024Watch the highlights of the 40th stage of the Olympic Torch Relay for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 that took place in Doubs Following an emotion-packed Sunday in Haute-Savoie on Olympic Day the Olympic torch resumed its journey in Doubs a department nestled in the heart of the Jura mountains From its fir forests to its caves and plateaus Doubs has no shortage of sites to entice naturephiles but the department has much more going for it Its industrial fabric and 100 km border with Switzerland are major assets watchmaking know-how has been passed down from one generation to the next and makes locals swell with pride The Olympic torch got under way from the Parc du Grand Cours in Pontarlier with 20-odd distilleries within town limits it unveiled a new characteristic of Doubs with each new town or city it visited The Olympic torch headed to the ski jumping stadium in Chaux-Neuve and visited the Gouffre de Poudrey in Étalans famous for its kaleidoscopic façades and its Romantic château and advanced to the charming town centre of Baume-les-Dames to its stint as the French biodiversity capital in 2019 The Olympic torched blazed past LĂ©o Lagrange Stadium The celebration venue was set up in Parc de la Gare d'Eau a sprawling green space that used to house a goods harbour and marina a darling of French sports fans who brought his long and storied career to a close last season Joining him were the 400 metres hurdles specialist AurĂ©lie Chaboudez the biathlete and five-time Olympic medallist Quentin Fillon Maillet a 100 metres hurdles ace fighting for a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games There were also representatives of the Olympic movement a former top-tier judoka who serves as the vice-president in charge of Olympism at the University of Franche-ComtĂ© and set up the first University Olympic Studies and Research Centre a former secretary-general and vice-president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) the Terre de Jeux 2024 contact in Haguenau Sports journalists who do their bit to spread the passion for Olympism also took part a cycling and athletics commentator for France TĂ©lĂ©visions a media group that focuses on women's sports She also chairs the Alice Milliat Foundation The biathlete put her name on the map with a three medal haul at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games She took bronze in the women's relay and the pursuit and claimed gold in the mixed relay together with Marie Dorin-Habert She lit the cauldron to wrap up the end-of-day celebrations whose previous team relay had already lit up DrĂ´me The team relay of the day celebrated para-triathlon which marks its eighth year as a Paralympic sport having debuted at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games the federation worked together with a local club that fights for inclusivity within this "Terre de Jeux" department The club has a three-star triathlon school and organises events such as a leg of the Para-triathlon World Cup including the visually impaired para-triathlete Lilou Bonnot one of the organisers of the most recent para-triathlon The Olympic torch will continue due north tomorrow heading to the European Collectivity of Alsace the upcoming stage will reveal gorgeous landscapes and meet extraordinary people in a festive atmosphere that brings people together 2017An US Blackhawk helicopter flies during a French-US "Royal Blackhawk" military exercise with French AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON (Photo credit should read SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)LE BOURGET France — Lockheed Martin is "very optimistic" over prospects to win a helicopter tender in Poland as its local unit could build the Black Hawk swiftly the company's senior vice president for international affairs "We can produce very quickly," he told Defense News at the Paris Air Show on June 20 Sikorsky builds the Black Hawk S-70i helicopter at its Polish subsidiary, PZL Mielec, which is seen as helpful in the company's offer. Click here to get full coverage from the Paris Air Show. The S-70i model includes an armed version and is aimed at the world market. There is significant interest for military helicopters in central Europe, he said. Poland is looking to acquire utility helicopters for special forces and its Navy for antisubmarine warfare. Airbus Helicopters is making offers to both Polish tenders, according to a company spokesman at the air show, who declined further comment. That pitches the Caracal H225M against the Black Hawk in the competition for the special forces, and it is understood the Caracal is competing against the AW101 Merlin from Leonardo in the Navy tender. Poland last year broke off exclusive negotiations with Airbus Helicopters for an order for 50 Caracal helicopters, sparking a severe row between Paris and Warsaw, and then launched the two present tenders. The naval tender would likely interest Bell Helicopter, which has developed "marinization," a sealing to allow hosing down of rotorheads. Elsewhere in Eastern Europe, Airbus has pitched its H145M in the Czech Republic's tender for a light utility armed scout helicopter. That has found stiff competition from Bell Helicopter, with local media reporting the U.S. company is the preferred candidate, due to a significant presence in Prague. Prague is expected to sign a contract next year, with delivery in 2022. Airbus has orders for the H145M from the German special forces, Thailand's naval force and Serbia, the spokesman said. The latter deal was announced last year and will enter the order book this year. Romania at some time is expected to launch a tender for about 50 helicopters to replace an aging fleet of Puma helicopters. Airbus Helicopters will likely offer its H215 and would transfer all production of this variant of the Super Puma for the global market to Romania. Such a move is driven by a search to be so-called best-cost, a more socially acceptable version of a so-called low-cost producer. The key competitor is the Mi-17, a "killer" in business terms as Russia builds and maintains at a much lower cost, a European executive said. Richard Harris, Bell Helicopter's vice president for international military sales, declined to comment on specific country markets, but said the company is "looking at all opportunities in Eastern Europe." In Prague, Bell has a maintenance and aftermarket service center for Europe, and the company recently installed a paint facility. The US business announced June 18 a memorandum of understanding with local partner Lom Praha, for reassembly, service and customization of military helicopters. Facebook pageTwitter feedRSS feedDefense News © 2025 Black Hawk helicopter flies during a French-US "Royal Blackhawk" military exercise with French (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday The six service members onboard the helicopter were training approximately 20 miles off the country’s southern coast Five of the service members were rescued by U.S but a search is underway for the sixth service member Asked if the crash involved a special forces raid Central Command told The Associated Press that “this was a routine training event specifically for U.S “Training events such as this are routinely held by U.S forces within a theater of operations in order to maintain their proficiency within the operating environment,” CENTCOM told the AP in a statement “Commanders deemed this location appropriate and safe for a routine training event considering both the operational environment and weather conditions at the time.” Charlsy is a Reporter and Engagement Manager for Military Times Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Chinook helicopter passes over a French soldier during a French-US 'Royal Blackhawk' military exercise with French 2015 at 1:27 PM ESTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.The U.S Army commando unit that’s flown missions from “Black Hawk Down” to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden will be the first to get new sensor technology to help guide helicopters through sometimes deadly bad weather By mid-2019, the system to navigate through thick clouds of dust or snow will be installed on specialized MH-47G Chinook copters and MH-60M Black Hawks flown by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment based at Fort Campbell Edited by Javier PĂ©rez Jimenez2024-06-26 19:51:57 June 26 (PL) - The Olympic flame that will illuminate the Paris-2024 games from July 26 continued in the department of Doubs its journey through eastern France After Sunday's passage through the alpine Haute-Savoie and yesterday's break the torch relay started early in the morning in the commune of Pontarlier double gold medalist in biathlon at the Beijing-2022 Winter Olympics an event in which he also won three silver medals was the protagonist of the transfer of the flame in the town of Tremplin de Chaux-Neuve On the way of the Olympic flame that travels 12,000 kilometers on Gallic soil are also the communes of Maiche with the closing scheduled for late afternoon in the departmental capital Besançon the torch will continue to the east of the country where the cauldron will burn in the beautiful city of Strasbourg will cover more than 400 territories in France until it arrives near the Seine River on July 26 for the inauguration of the world's greatest sporting festival enter your e-mail address in the box below FNTR shared an update of the detailed road blockages in place today, 25 January 2025. The original publication is available here (in French) Traffic disruptions linked to farmers' protests at 10:00 on 25 January   Convergence of these 3 processions at 11:00 a.m at the Jeanne Rose de Montchanin roundabout (historic gathering place of the “yellow vests”). Dispersion announced for 3:00 p.m A62 Eurocentre: Eurocentre roundabout blocked A61: Villefranche-de-Lauragais: since 9:30 a.m. 20 cut in the Carcassonne/Toulouse direction N125 : maintenance of the closure of the N125 in both directions of traffic between the Bazert roundabout (commune of Seilhan) and the Labroquère traffic light intersection (commune of Labroquère) for other PL: return to the roundabout in the town of Barbazan;  bridge damaged and closed following tire fire N164  : axis cut in both directions at the interchange of the commune of ClĂ©den-Poher (Carhaix sector) N12: cut in both directions near Morlaix (two directions of traffic)