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Naval Group handed over the nuclear-powered attack submarine De Grasse to the French defense procurement agency and the French Navy at Cherbourg on June 24, 2026, the fourth of six Suffren-class boats built under the Barracuda program to replace the Rubis class.
A quarter-century after VFA-115 declared the type operational in September 2001, the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet remains the backbone of US carrier air wings even as the last new-build airframes approach delivery.
Fifty years after the first operational F-15A arrived at Langley Air Force Base on January 9, 1976, the Eagle remains in frontline service with six air forces and in production as the F-15EX Eagle II.
The trinational GCAP Agency on July 3 awarded a £4.6 billion ($6.1 billion), 18-month contract to Edgewing, the BAE Systems-Leonardo-JAIEC joint venture, to complete concept work and begin detailed design of the sixth-generation fighter targeted for service entry in 2035.