After refueling with the American company Metrea for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific, the German Luftwaffe told Breaking Defense that "commercial AAR [air-to-air refueling] is also a valid option for future deployments.”
Three different munitions — the Mk81, Mk82 and longer-range Mk83 guided bombs made by EDGE subsidiary Al Tariq — will all be integrated on the fourth generation plane in due course, Al Tariq CEO Theunis Botha told Breaking Defense.
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Lt. Gen. Frédéric Parisot, number two in the French Air and Space Force (FASF), talked with Breaking Defense about his priorities for the future.
Gen. Philippe Lavigne, the Chief of French Air and Space Force, walks Breaking Defense through a recent Pacific exercise.
The French military is moving apace in keeping with Paris's determination to, at a minimum, keep its rank as the third international space power in an increasingly large and competitive club of nations.