"France and Germany Don't Necessarily Need the Same Plane": a German Mp Pleads for an Alternative to Two Planes While the Scaf Is in a Stalemate
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In the turmoil since the autumn, the Franco-German-Spanish project to set up a European fighter plane has been a big hit in the wing. If Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, cease to urge industrialists to listen, the differences between Dassault and Airbus seem, at this stage, irreconcilable. Invited to participate in a mediation meeting between the defence ministers of the three countries last week in Berlin, their repres…
The combat aviation programme of the future is deadlocked, because of the industrial disagreements between Dassault and Airbus on the construction of the aircraft. A German parliamentary report recommends a solution with two aircraft.
Berlin, 16 Dec 2025 (AFP) – On Tuesday, a German MP called for the construction of two combat aircraft and no longer a single one within the SCAF, a Franco-German-Spanish program that is trampling because of disputes between the industrialists, Airbus and Dassault. "The Air Combat System of the Future (SCAF) has a future with [...]
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