"The deadlock of a single pillar should not jeopardize the entire future of this high-tech European capability, which will bolster our collective defense." ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has raised doubts about the realization of the long-planned Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a joint European air defence initiative. "We have a real problem with the ...

Airbus believes it can play a central role in a stronger, more consolidated European defence market, with chief executive Guillaume Faury reiterating the manufacturer's commitment to the Franco-German ...

New comments from Germany's chancellor seem to spell the end of the next-gen fighter jet for Germany, France and Spain.

Despite involving two of Europe’s largest aviation firms and a leading information technology company, the program has been plagued with internal troubles. The French-based Dassault Aviation may be ...

Michael Schoellhorn, the CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, says the Future Combat Air System, the long-planned Franco-German fighter jet and air defense project, will survive but that "there will have ...

Only time will tell if the disagreements currently halting progress on FCAS will impact its delivery. While reports over the last year have indicated infighting between the partners behind the ...

PARIS—Companies building a next-generation combat fighter for France, Germany, and Spain are publicly sparring over development of the program. Germany’s Airbus and France’s Dassault Aviation are ...

With France’s withdrawal from the inter-European FCAS sixth-gen fighter jet initiative appearing more and more likely, it is unclear how the program will survive. Germany and France have a long and at ...

Airbus Defence & Space has completed an initial test campaign to demonstrate a digital combat cloud that will underpin operations with a Future Combat Air System (FCAS). Showcasing the ability to ...

A UK developed demonstrator aircraft, which will be used to inform the joint Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), has been revealed and is expected to be ready to fly by 2027. The manned aircraft will ...