Germany Seeks New Partners After the Failure of European Hunting with France and Spain
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(adds options listed by Pistorius at another press conference)Berlin, 9 Jun (EFE).- The German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, said Tuesday that the failure of the Franco-German project to develop sixth-generation fighters, in which Spain also participated, hurts him personally, but that now Germany has been looking forward and talking to potential alternative partners about a new combat aircraft for the country for months now. "This hurts me…
Germany and France continue to try to bring their arms industries into closer cooperation following the debacle with their intended new fighter jet, the German Minister of Defence assures. Even though there are also concerns about other projects that are running at a sluggish pace. Meanwhile, Germany is seeking new partners to replace the stalled FCAS project, and German companies are vying for the contract.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius lamented on Tuesday the decision of Germany and France to finally abandon the joint development of a sixth-generation combat fighter in the framework of the FCAS program, something that has not been “no surprise”, but denied that this will create tensions in relations between the two countries. “It was mainly due to tensions, so to speak, between the two major industries. But I want to leave it there and l…
Nine years after the announcement, the billionaire armament project FCAS has finally failed. Now Berlin is looking for new partners for a European air combat system.
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