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 "slug": "france-ukraine-licence-scalp-aasm-aster-production-sixteen-rafale-2028-2029",
 "title": "France Licenses SCALP, AASM and Aster-30 Production to Ukraine and Confirms Sixteen Rafale for 2028 to 2029 Delivery",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-ukraine-licence-scalp-aasm-aster-production-sixteen-rafale-2028-2029/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-ukraine-licence-scalp-aasm-aster-production-sixteen-rafale-2028-2029/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-13T23:44:35.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:22:50.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 13 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Macron and Zelenskyy signed a bilateral roadmap in Paris licensing French weapons production to Ukraine — the first time Paris has licensed capabilities to Kyiv rather than transferred stock\n * The licensed systems are the SCALP long-range cruise missile, the AASM guided bomb, and the Aster-30 interceptor Ukraine already fires from SAMP/T\n * Ukraine has ordered next-generation SAMP/T systems, with older-version deliveries and a missile batch due",
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  "russia-ukraine-conflict",
  "stk-strike-long-range-fires"
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 "sources": [],
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  "fcas",
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