Intellectual Property Squabbles Cloud Future of European FCAS

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)...

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