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 "slug": "france-rafale-f5-combat-drone-escort-all-candidate-concepts-neuron-ucav-international-rfi-cca-trial-2028",
 "title": "France Opens the Rafale F5's Combat-Drone Escort — an International RFI and a Fighter–CCA Trial in 2028",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-rafale-f5-combat-drone-escort-all-candidate-concepts-neuron-ucav-international-rfi-cca-trial-2028/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-rafale-f5-combat-drone-escort-all-candidate-concepts-neuron-ucav-international-rfi-cca-trial-2028/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-27T19:08:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-30T19:09:03.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 27 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Catherine Vautrin, the armed forces minister, told the Senate defence committee on 27 October that lessons from current wars had led the ministry \"to explore all candidate drone concepts\" to accompany the Rafale F5\n * She described the nEUROn-derived UCAV as the project \"whose purpose was to develop a stealthy combat drone to accompany the Rafale F5\"\n * The DGA issued an international request for information in 2026 and received industry answ",
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  "air-space",
  "drones-uav"
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 "sources": [],
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