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Ireland buys Thales Ground Master 400 and 200 radars via French government-to-government deal. Ireland’s Department of Defence signed an agreement with France’s DGA for delivery of Thales Ground Master 400 Alpha and Ground Master 200 Multi Mission radars to reinforce Irish air surveillance. The contract was arranged through the French defense procurement agency, indicating a government-to-government sale. Why it matters: Ireland has long outsourced air defense to the RAF; buying long-range surveillance radar suggests Dublin is finally taking territorial air awareness seriously, even if it still has no interceptors. (Single source) EDR Magazine →
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NAVAL — Spanish shipbuilder Navantia signed Memoranda of Understanding with Croatian companies AITAC and Iskra Shipyard, establishing guiding principles for cooperation within Croatia’s Multi-Role Corvette programme. The agreements outline potential industrial collaboration if Navantia wins the corvette contract. (Single source) EDR Magazine →
MUNITIONS — EDGE, the United Arab Emirates defense conglomerate, completed development of the MK 82 Penetrator, a hardened aircraft munition designed to defeat reinforced concrete more than one meter thick while maintaining trajectory through the target. The company announced the completion on October 2. (Corroborated) EDR Magazine → · Defence Industry Europe →
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