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 "slug": "uk-cancels-meteor-midlife-upgrade-fase-future-air-superiority-effectors",
 "title": "Britain Cancels the Meteor Missile Mid-Life Upgrade in Favour of the Pre-Concept FASE Programme",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-cancels-meteor-midlife-upgrade-fase-future-air-superiority-effectors/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-cancels-meteor-midlife-upgrade-fase-future-air-superiority-effectors/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-03T13:52:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:58.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon, 3 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * UK defence minister Luke Pollard confirmed on 3 July 2026 that Britain will not proceed with the mid-life upgrade of the Meteor air-to-air missile, moving the money to the Future Air Superiority Effectors (FASE) programme\n * FASE remains in its pre-concept phase; Meteor is the ramjet-powered, beyond-visual-range missile MBDA built for a six-nation consortium and carried by Typhoon, Rafale and Gripen\n * The decision sits inside a munitions reshuf",
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  "eurofighter",
  "france",
  "gcap",
  "germany",
  "italy",
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