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Posted on 06/09/2026 7:07:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
France and Germany have agreed to abandon plans to jointly develop a next-generation fighter aircraft, effectively ending the central element of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, according to Reuters.
The decision was reportedly reached during discussions between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of a summit in Montenegro last week.
Reuters cited German officials as saying the two leaders concluded there was no realistic path to resolving longstanding disagreements between the industrial partners involved in the project.
Launched in 2017 by France and Germany, and later joined by Spain, FCAS was intended to become Europe's flagship sixth-generation combat aircraft program. The project envisioned a crewed fighter operating alongside unmanned systems connected through a secure digital network known as a combat cloud...
The collapse of the fighter component represents a major setback for European defense cooperation at a time when governments across the continent are increasing military spending amid growing security concerns...
France and Germany have historically followed different approaches to fighter development. France withdrew from the multinational program that eventually produced the Eurofighter Typhoon in the 1980s and instead developed the Dassault Rafale independently.
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FCAS conceptDassault
Franco-German rift sinks Europe's top defense project at critical moment | 8:42
DW News | 6.29M subscribers | 95,261 views | June 8, 2026Chapters:
0:00 No more French-German fighter jet?
0:49 Ulrike Franka, European Council on Foreign Relations
2:06 How much money has been lost?
3:27 Impact on Europe's military capabilities
4:53 Can Europe resolve such military issues?
6:33 Should we be worried about the situation in Europe?
Industrial??
C'mon, Man!
Germany has flushed its previous "industrial might" bowing to the Woke / Globull Hoax insanity. How many years ago did Germany voluntarily turn off all electrical power generated by nuclear power plants? Just turned it off!
While some of the world is embracing next-generation modular nuclear power, more and more electricity for data centers and Ai, Germany is on the way to DE-industrialization.
But not to worry. Just like the UK, the Koran will save them.
The Germans didn’t like that the French plane was surrendering before it even became airborn...
Hah!
For really good humor, there must be a little, or a lot, of truth in it.
Not gonna be good for them to not have a next gen fighter.
We won’t be being their supplier nor defender that way.
Another crack in the dam for the Euroweenies regarding the future of NATO.
Well they are both broke and their economies are not doing so good.
No surprise there.
“Well they are both broke and their economies are not doing so goo. No surprise there.”
indeed ... UK doesn’t have a single submarine capable of leaving dock, and it appears the only blue-water boat that can leave dock is the HMS Dragon destroyer ... this from a nation whose navy ruled the world 200 years ago ...
Wait, Ithought the EU was coming together to show that the US military is not needed.
They are going to make all these deadly weapons and bring their men into their militaries.
It’s all EU talk and bluster.
Dassault doesn’t need anyone’s help.
Speaking of drones, a large part of the disagreement that led to the abandonment of the airplane came from the Germans who wished to focus on drone technology.
A comparison of the procurement wars annually fought in our Pentagon and Congress would not prove more rational than what is going on in Europe.
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