France's Dassault says 'weeks' left to save Europe warplane project

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The head of French company Dassault Aviation said on Wednesday that he was giving his company "two or three weeks" to figure out whether a multi-billion-euro fighter jet program with Germany could go ahead.

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The CEO of Dassault Aviation, representing the French interests, reaffirms his refusal to co-manage with Airbus (Germany and Spain) in the project of the future European combat aircraft, while a mediation

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While a Franco-German mediation is trying to revive the programme, the French manufacturer opposes a categorical refusal to co-management with Airbus. Dassault Aviation's leader, Éric Trappier, has strongly reaffirmed his position on the Air Combat System of the Future (SCAF). Speaker at a Parisian forum, he has excluded any sharing of leadership [...] The Dassault article demands the exclusive direction of the future European combat aircraft ap…