Europe’s $116 Billion Fighter Jet Project Crashes And Burns
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The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, certified this Wednesday at the ILA International Aerospace Fair in Berlin the end of the largest European defense project in the...
Europe’s $116 Billion Fighter Jet Project Crashes And Burns
France and Germany’s $116 billion attempt to build their own fighter jet to replace their current models has officially been scrapped. The fighter plane segment of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project created in 2017 dedicated $116 billion to build sixth-generation jets to use in battle by 2040. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that the project was no longer feasible after months of stalemate…
Berlin and Paris pulled the plug on the construction of their own fighter jets this week. Manufacturers Airbus and Dassault have been struggling with Europe’s largest defense project for quite some time. This became apparent in late May at a meeting of Airbus’s defense division at German air base Manching.
After months of agonizing over the FCAS (Future Combat Air System)/SCAF program, France and Germany finally decided to cancel it. The program was expected to cost €110 billion. What does this mean for the global market for next-generation systems programs?
What happens after the FCAS-Aus and what role does German industry play in the billion-dollar struggle for air defense?
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