France picks Safran, MBDA to build new long-range rocket
15/06/2026 10:52
France picks Safran, MBDA to build new long-range rocket PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin said on Monday that France had entered into exclusive negotiations with a consortium made up of Safran SAF.PA and European missile maker MBDA to develop a successor to its long-range rocket system.
Speaking at the Eurosatory defence fair, Vautrin said France wanted to equip itself with a new deep-strike capability to replace its LRU long-range rockets.
(Reporting by Florence Loeve. Writing by Hugo Lhomedet; Edited by Dominique Patton)
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