{
 "slug": "dga-embarked-endurance-surface-drones-usv-mistral-class-pha-bsam-loire-5-10-days-100-nautical-miles-applications-15-october",
 "title": "France's DGA Opens a Market for Embarked Endurance Surface Drones for the Mistral Class and Loire-Class Support Ships",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/dga-embarked-endurance-surface-drones-usv-mistral-class-pha-bsam-loire-5-10-days-100-nautical-miles-applications-15-october/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/dga-embarked-endurance-surface-drones-usv-mistral-class-pha-bsam-loire-5-10-days-100-nautical-miles-applications-15-october/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-14T17:01:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-17T17:01:31.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 14 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Direction générale de l'armement published a contract notice on 14 September for embarked endurance surface drones, to be carried for example by the Mistral-class amphibious helicopter carriers and the Loire-class support and assistance ships; applications close on 15 October\n * The requirement: intelligence, surveillance and a tactical picture above and below the surface, day and night, with five to ten days' endurance, at least 100 na",
 "countries": [],
 "domains": [
  "industry"
 ],
 "capabilities": [
  "sea",
  "uncrewed-autonomy"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "naval-defense",
  "drones-uav"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "france"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "france"
  ],
  "domains": [],
  "capabilities": []
 }
}