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France/DGA orders 12 more SLAM-F surface & underwater drones; DGA targets 10,000 drone systems and >€38bn of orders in 2026
Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) · published 21 Jul 2026 · ✓ analyst reviewed · Source ↗
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France is buying drones at volume through innovation partnerships and framework agreements — a foreign SME's realistic route is as a payload/subsystem partner to Naval Group, Thales, MBDA or a French drone start-up.
On 21 July 2026 the DGA ordered twelve additional SLAM-F mine-warfare surface/underwater drone systems. The DGA plans to exceed its 2025 record of €38bn in orders in 2026 (€6bn munitions) and to order ~10,000 drone systems; the LPM 2024–30 update adds €36bn (munitions, CBRN, AI, …
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