Belgium Snaps Back at ‘Arrogant’ French Warplane-Maker in Jet Feud

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Defense Minister Theo Francken (N-VA) is rejecting Dassault CEO Eric Trappier's criticism of Belgium's purchase of 11 additional F-35 fighter jets. According to Trappier, if Belgium buys American aircraft, it will have no place in the ambitious European defense project Future Combat Air System (FCAS). A not unimportant detail: the French company Dassault builds the Rafale, the competitor to the F-35 that Trappier would have loved to sell to Belg…

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While Belgium has expressed its wish to move from observer status to that of a member of the SCAF project, which includes the European fighter aircraft of the future, Eric Trappier has let himself go to a small spade, against a neighbour who continues to buy American equipment...

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The French government, and Dassault, has strongly rejected Belgium's bid to participate in a European project to develop a new generation of fighter jets, which is itself mired in major problems. This angered Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken, who sharply criticized Dassault CEO Éric Trappier, Politico reports today. But disputes over the project are raging between the French and Germans. According to a report today in the Handelsblatt news…

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The boss of Dassault Aviation does not grasp the positioning of Belgium in terms of combat aircraft. The country buys even more F-35, but also wants to join the SCAF program at the same level as France, Germany and Spain. Eric Trappier, the boss of Dassault Aviation, warned: his