{
 "slug": "france-dga-slam-f-twelve-additional-mine-warfare-drones-chartered-carriers-mmcm-exail-a27",
 "title": "France Orders Twelve More SLAM-F Mine-Warfare Drones and Charters the Vessels to Carry Them",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-dga-slam-f-twelve-additional-mine-warfare-drones-chartered-carriers-mmcm-exail-a27/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-dga-slam-f-twelve-additional-mine-warfare-drones-chartered-carriers-mmcm-exail-a27/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-04T13:54:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-09T13:54:41.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 4 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Direction générale de l'armement disclosed on 4 August an order placed on 21 July for twelve additional surface and underwater drones under SLAM-F, France's future mine-countermeasures programme, together with the chartering of vessels to carry them; the value was not disclosed\n * The stated purpose is protection of France's own maritime approaches, alongside underwater intervention\n * SLAM-F's first capability, MMCM, was developed by Thales",
 "countries": [],
 "domains": [
  "industry"
 ],
 "capabilities": [
  "sea"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "naval-defense"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "france",
  "netherlands",
  "thales",
  "united-kingdom"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "france",
   "netherlands",
   "united-kingdom"
  ],
  "domains": [
   "industry"
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  "capabilities": []
 }
}