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[ 2 August 2026 ] FCAS: The Divorce Is Final — Safran Closes the Last Door Mer
[ 29 July 2026 ] The SCALP Naval Syndrome: Autopsy of a European Capability Shipwreck Weapon Systems
[ 24 July 2026 ] The Recomposition of Global Military Shipbuilding Weapon Systems
[ 19 July 2026 ] The Price France Pays Three Times Jérôme Denariez
[ 16 July 2026 ] Combat Cloud: Are the Dice Already Loaded Ahead of the July 17 Summit? Defense

nEUROn en vol au-dessus du P.A. Charles de Gaulle — Essais à la mer afin d'étudier l'utilisation d'un drone de combat dans un contexte naval — Photo © Dassault Aviation - A. Pecchi

FCAS: The Divorce Is Final — Safran Closes the Last Door

2 August 2026

After the airframe (June 2026), it is now the engine’s turn to seal the rupture. On 28 July 2026, Safran announced the end of the EUMET joint venture, created with Germany’s MTU to power the […]

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Combat Cloud: Are the Dice Already Loaded Ahead of the July 17 Summit?

16 July 2026

On the eve of the July 17 summit, the abrupt shift in the agenda—hastily prioritizing the political rescue of the MGCS tank to mask the now-official abandonment of FCAS—creates a new dynamic defined by a […]

A Eurosatory, KNDS a dévoilé le Capint, un char de transition — Photo KNDS

FCAS: The Foretold Death of a Franco-German Myth

14 July 2026

The official announcement of the cancellation of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), sealed on June 8, 2026, by Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz, represents far more than a mere diplomatic crisis between Paris and […]

The Abandonment of FCAS: Autopsy of an Industrial Dinosaur in the Age of Algorithmic Warfare

3 July 2026

It is an open secret that has now taken an official turn: the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), the flagship Franco-German-Spanish mega-program meant to embody Europe’s strategic autonomy by 2040, has been definitively abandoned. Caught […]

LE NGF, avion de combat de 6e génération (Prograppe SCAF) — Photo V. Almansa – Dassault Aviation – Eridia Studio

Revisiting the Franco-German Fighter Jet Project

22 June 2026

The collapse of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project, as analyzed by Roger Barake, is too often reduced in European circles to a mere clash of corporate egos or an excess of nationalism on […]

Storm Warning in the European Sky

13 June 2026

Paris and Berlin Abandon Joint Combat Aircraft Project The abandonment of the Future Combat Air System — known by its French acronym SCAF — announced this week by France and Germany after years of tensions, […]

Stronger Together: NATO Alliance Brings B-2 Spirits to Norway

5 September 2023

Last week, two B-2 Spirit Bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., made history by refueling for the first time in Ørland flystasjon, Norway, Aug. 29. The B-2s are currently operating out of Iceland, as part of the Bomber Task Force Europe. During the BTF, the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is actively integrating with several NATO Allies to train as a single force.

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U.S. Navy Retrieves Artemis I Orion Spacecraft

13 December 2022

Artemis I is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems, also first in a series of increasingly complex missions. An uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space […]

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