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 "slug": "bulgaria-five-more-iris-t-slm-safe-1-1-billion-diehl-germany-programme-agreement",
 "title": "Bulgaria Moves to Buy Five More IRIS-T SLM Under SAFE — EUR 1.1 Billion, Contracted Through Germany's MoD",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/bulgaria-five-more-iris-t-slm-safe-1-1-billion-diehl-germany-programme-agreement/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/bulgaria-five-more-iris-t-slm-safe-1-1-billion-diehl-germany-programme-agreement/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-07T19:59:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-15T19:59:19.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSofia, 7 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Bulgaria's Council of Ministers asked the National Assembly on 7 October to approve an updated investment project for medium-range air defence: the one IRIS-T SLM system already contracted as phase one, and a second phase of five more systems with missiles, warranty and initial logistic support\n * Both phases, financed through the EU's SAFE loan instrument, total EUR 1,106,466,933; replacing the multisensor tracker and shortening delivery time",
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  "air-missile-defence"
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "iamd-air-missile-defense",
  "central-eastern-europe"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "baainbw",
  "diehl-defence",
  "essi",
  "germany",
  "iris-t",
  "ukraine"
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