FCAS: Europe’s Version of the F-47 NGAD Is Coming in for a ‘Crash Landing’
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It looks like the way up for the super Franco-German hunt of 100 billion. And to make uncertain the path of the Fcas (Future Combat Air System) program and the ambitions of the...
The German-French-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) should be a symbol of Europe's unity, strength and strategic independence – but national interests, industrial conflicts and different military requirements are causing the billions programme to falter.
ANALYSIS. It is a project that crystallises all European tensions: the SCAF, the Franco-German fighter aircraft of the future. Against all expectations, Emmanuel Macron comes to revive the dynamic. Behind the industrial disagreements, a new political momentum seems to be emerging between Paris and Berlin. State of situation.
With the European fighter plane Dassault claims sole control. The solution lies in two aircraft within FCAS, my Marie-Christine von Hahn and Jürgen Kerner.
FCAS: Europe’s Version of the F-47 NGAD Is Coming in for a ‘Crash Landing’
Summary and Key Points: The Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is “on the verge of collapse” due to missed critical deadlines for work-sharing agreements by Dassault and Airbus. -Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently admitted that the 6th-generation project is making “no progress,” while French officials fear the manned fighter component is “dead.” -The core dispute […] The post FCAS: Europe’s Version of the F-47 NGAD Is Coming in for a …
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