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A mediator said a joint piloted fighter may no longer be feasible as Dassault and Airbus remain split over control of the €100 billion program.
- The Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System faces potential collapse following failed mediation, with reports indicating a joint piloted fighter is no longer "feasible."
- Disputes over the project, valued at about 117.7 billion USD, center on leadership as Dassault Aviation demands control of the New Generation Fighter while Airbus resists becoming subordinate.
- Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury previously proposed a "two-fighter solution" to prevent total project failure, noting progress continues in remote carriers and the combat cloud.
- Political leaders remain deadlocked after Macron and Merz failed to reach agreement during last month's European Union summit, highlighting persistent European procurement nationalism and industrial fragmentation.
- The rival Global Combat Air Program led by the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan expects to enter service by 2035, while FCAS targets a 2040 timeframe.
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€100 Billion Franco-German-Spanish FCAS Fighter Program Is Collapsing
The Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) has been on the rocks for months – and if things continue to go wrong, it could soon be headed for collapse. Despite mediated talks between Dassault Aviation and Airbus, the deal is still floundering as the former insists on leading its core element: a cutting-edge fighter jet concept. France Vies for Control The main thrust of the FCAS program is the New Generation Fighter, a crewed com…
The shipwreck is estimated at 100 billion euros. According to the German daily Handelsblatt, Airbus and Dassault did not find any common ground regarding the Franco-German system program... Read article SCAF: Dassault and Airbus do not agree on the heir of the Rafale appeared first on Current Values.
Airbus and Dassault did not reach an agreement at the end of the month of mediation, mid-April, for the design of the SCAF, an air combat system, which jeopardizes a programme budgeted at 100 million Euros.
For years, there has been a dispute between Berlin and Paris about the planned FCAS armaments project. The fact that the project is probably over has also to do with national egoisms.
Two countries need military aircraft for different tasks.
The Future Combat Air System, FCAS in short, is supposed to be the flying "weapon system of the next generation" and the backbone of the German-French air defense from the 2040s.
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