Intellectual Property Squabbles Cloud Future of European FCAS

Tony Osborne March 05, 2021
European Future Combat Air System
By moving from political idea to program in three years, the FCAS initiative has made speedy progress, but now disagreements over intellectual property are threatening to derail it.
Credit: Dassault Aviation
Disagreements between France and Germany appear to be driving a wedge between the partner nations that could affect the future of the trinational European Future Combat Air System. Access to intellectual property to develop the manned combat aircraft element of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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