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    La Francia cancella i programmi Eurodrone e Patroller per orientarsi verso i droni tattici a basso costo

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    1. jay_alfred_prufrock on

      > France has officially scrapped the Safran Patroller and the multinational Eurodrone programs as part of a landmark military budget update presented on April 8, 2026. This strategic shift reallocates resources toward cheaper, more agile uncrewed systems better suited for the realities of modern high-intensity warfare.

    2. sir_odanus on

      It’s about time. Aircraft sized drone are in many cases obsolete

    3. bukowsky01 on

      Not surprising, the writing was on the wall. Both projects were struggling, late and over budget, and the internal consensus is that such platforms are not viable in a HI conflict.

    4. Xvy3033alk on

      Will it be buried totally now or will Germany, Italy, … continue to throw money out of the window?

    6. Pootispicnic on

      It saddens me to see a european defense project failing like this, but this was easily predictable

      Trying to reinvent the globalhawk 25 years late in today’s context is a fool’s errand

    7. DefInnit on

      Even among defence watchers, most have probably forgotten these projects existed.

      Aircraft-sized drones now need to be stealthy to operate in contested airspace. That’ll take a lot more money and time, especially for Europe which has not even yet produced a stealthy aircraft.

    8. Shoddy_Squash_1201 on

      Low cost stuff that can be produced in mass was always better, we figured that out in WW2, not sure why we decided to move the other direction again.

    10. Orlok_Tsubodai on

      I do not understand why Europe seems to be so bad at building HALE/MALE or UCAV type drones. Are these things really that technologically challenging to make? Why must it take decades? It seems harder for us to build a few decent drones than actual fighter jets.

    11. CC-2062 on

      Considering how many similar drones the us has lost over Iran its not that big of a deal. The question is how fast csn they start mass production of those budget drones

    12. OkKnowledge2064 on

      This is a german culture issue and I see it in my company every day. People always want the 110% solution that covers every case and they dont sign off on it until everyone and their dog gave the green light. This leads to delayed projects and in the end the solution isnt actually that good because a million special rules needed to be incorporated

      Its our addicition to bureaucracy again

    13. Scary-Perspective-57 on

      Makes sense, the Iran war showed how outdated modern militaries are.

    15. Fiallach on

      Good, the eurodrone project was a trainwreck. Airbus is great art making civilian planes but their military wing seems to be absolutely awful at project management (looking at you A400M program).

    16. Baron_Of_Move on

      Another major Airbus Defense blunder
      They should scrap the company at this point

    17. MikeTangoRom3o on

      I remember saying to my colleagues that the Patroller was already an obsolete drone even during its development. This was 2 years ago.

      Glad that we can recognize our mistakes and quickly adapt too.

    18. Yaonoi on

      And then complain that Germany buys American kit as if the Yanks don’t throw money at countless projects that never make it into service. And let’s not discuss the other participants role at all. 

      Honestly it’s time for a /r that allows for nuanced discussions on European defense. Here it’s completely pointless 

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