Key Points and Summary - Europe’s flagship Future Combat Air System is in crisis. Berlin and Paris are now openly debating whether to gut the €100 billion program’s centerpiece—a new sixth-generation ...

Images of the proposed platform released by airframers indicate that the partners appear to agree on the need for an adaptive- or variable-cycle engine. Credit: Airbus Defense and Space The ...

Will the Franco-Spanish-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter project move off the drawing board and into the air? It seems increasingly unlikely. KEY POINTS - Europe’s Future Combat Air ...

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 ...

When Europe’s two next-generation fighter programs began, their futures seemed predictable. The French-German-Spanish program known as the Future Combat Air System looked unlikely to succeed for ...