FCAS Industrial Partners’ Dispute Holds Up Demonstrator Progress

The FCAS Joint Concept
Artist's concept of FCAS.
Credit: Airbus Defense and Space
The industrial partners in Europe’s Future Combat Air System should at this point be moving toward development of a demonstrator that could fly in 2027. Instead, there is deadlock—two of the biggest partners in the program, Airbus and Dassault Aviation, disagree on how to work together on the flight...

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