Germany scrapped the six-ship F126 frigate programme on 24 June 2026, opting for up to eight smaller TKMS MEKO A-200 DEU anti-submarine frigates after cost-to-complete ran toward €18bn. Rheinmetall fell ~18–20%; TKMS gained the order.

SIGNAL No. 71
'Operational, not integrated'
Friday · 29 May 2026
The first drone incursion to wound civilians on NATO soil crashed into a Galati apartment roof overnight, while Romania's F-16s — cleared to fire — held off and the counter-drone system declared operational five weeks ago sat unintegrated and unusable over a town. Romania itself called it spillover from the war on Ukraine,…

Ottawa, 28 May 2026

Key points

• German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre made a joint pitch at CANSEC on 28 May for Canada to procure the Type 212CD under the C$60 billion Canadian Patrol Submarine Project
• Berlin offers accelerated delivery of four Type 212CD boats to Canada by 2036 against Hanwha Ocean's pledge of four KSS-III…