Airbus And Dassault Seek Urgent FCAS Agreement

Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier and Airbus Defense and Space CEO Dirk Hoke
Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (left) and Airbus Defense and Space CEO Dirk Hoke (right) have yet to arrange work sharing on their new-generation fighter program.
Credit: H. Gousse/Master Films/Airbus
While preparing for the 1992 creation of Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters), the French and German teams at some point found themselves at odds about their respective ways of working. When they were tasked to define a “concept” of how the new company would operate, the French drew outlines, whereas...

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