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 "slug": "france-four-more-samp-t-ng-sections-occar-eurosam-twelve-air-and-space-force-ten-by-2030",
 "title": "France Orders Four More SAMP/T NG Sections Through OCCAR — Twelve for the Air and Space Force, Ten Due by End-2030",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-four-more-samp-t-ng-sections-occar-eurosam-twelve-air-and-space-force-ten-by-2030/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-four-more-samp-t-ng-sections-occar-eurosam-twelve-air-and-space-force-ten-by-2030/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-21T18:41:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-23T18:41:26.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 21 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * France's armaments agency, the DGA, said on 21 October it had ordered four additional SAMP/T NG sections, or systems, from Eurosam, the MBDA–Thales grouping, through OCCAR, the agency that manages the programme; no value was published\n * The order brings the Air and Space Force's new-generation sections to twelve; ten are to be delivered before the end of 2030, and a first system was delivered in early 2026\n * The 2026 update of the 2024–2030",
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "france",
  "germany",
  "italy",
  "mbda",
  "patriot",
  "thales",
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