FCAS Industrial Partners’ Dispute Holds Up Demonstrator Progress

Tony Osborne July 05, 2022
The FCAS Joint Concept
Artist's concept of FCAS.
Credit: Airbus Defense and Space
The industrial partners in Europe’s Future Combat Air System should at this point be moving toward development of a demonstrator that could fly in 2027. Instead, there is deadlock—two of the biggest partners in the program, Airbus and Dassault Aviation, disagree on how to work together on the flight...
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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