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 "slug": "dga-notifies-thundart-contract-mbda-safran-26-systems-before-2030-26-more-frappe-longue-portee-terrestre-lru-successor",
 "title": "The DGA Notifies the Thundart Contract to MBDA and Safran: 26 Long-Range Land Strike Systems Before 2030",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/dga-notifies-thundart-contract-mbda-safran-26-systems-before-2030-26-more-frappe-longue-portee-terrestre-lru-successor/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/dga-notifies-thundart-contract-mbda-safran-26-systems-before-2030-26-more-frappe-longue-portee-terrestre-lru-successor/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-10T18:43:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-14T18:43:45.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 10 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * MBDA and Safran Electronics and Defense announced on 10 September that the Direction générale de l'armement had notified them the Frappe Longue Portée Terrestre contract, the successor to the army's nine remaining LRU launchers, which cannot be kept in service beyond 2030\n * The updated military programme law requires 26 systems delivered before 2030, with up to 26 more afterwards; the amount, and the split between firm and further systems,",
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  "france",
  "mbda",
  "thales",
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