BIGAVIATION.COM

AEROTIME · AIRLINES

FRANCE LAUNCHES SYLEX SOUNDING ROCKET TO TEST TECHNOLOGY FOR M51.4 MISSILE...

France’s defense procurement agency, the Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), launched a SyLEx sounding rocket during the night of November 3 to 4, 2026, carrying experiments for the future M51.4 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

SCOTT: Ask what this does to pairings, the MEL, and the jumpseat. Press releases are written for investors. You fly the leftover.

READ THE STORY AT AEROTIME...

FRONT PAGE...   6AM EDITION...

***

MORE ON THIS DESK...