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 "slug": "dassault-confirms-rafale-offer-portugal-july-2026-aed-cluster-protocol-24-f-16-replacement-military-programming-law-cartaxo-alves",
 "title": "Dassault Confirms a Formal Rafale Offer to Portugal — Chief of Defence Puts the 24-Aircraft F-16 Replacement in the Next Military Programming Law",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/dassault-confirms-rafale-offer-portugal-july-2026-aed-cluster-protocol-24-f-16-replacement-military-programming-law-cartaxo-alves/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/dassault-confirms-rafale-offer-portugal-july-2026-aed-cluster-protocol-24-f-16-replacement-military-programming-law-cartaxo-alves/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-25T17:55:23.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-25T17:55:23.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisbon, 24 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Dassault Aviation signed a cooperation protocol with AED Cluster Portugal, the aerospace and defence industry association, at the French embassy in Lisbon on 23 September, on behalf of Thales and Safran as well. The communiqué says the signature \"follows the official submission of a Rafale offer to the Portuguese government and the Portuguese Air Force in July 2026\"\n * Lockheed Martin signed a protocol with the same association in June 202",
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 "tags": [
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  "air-space",
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "airbus",
  "dassault-aviation",
  "eurofighter",
  "f-35",
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