France Looks Beyond FCAS With National Fighter Plans

France’s ACF

France’s ACF would be the Rafale’s successor after the failure of the European FCAS program.

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
France appears increasingly likely to pursue development of a successor to the Dassault Rafale independently following the collapse of its joint next-generation fighter effort with Germany and Spain. France’s proposed Future Combat Aircraft (ACF) would build on technologies developed for the...
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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