Future Combat Air System (FCAS)

By Tony Osborne
Missile programs and procurement are at the heart of a renewed defense cooperation agreement between France and the UK.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The four-nation Eurofighter combat aircraft is “still very much in the game” for potential export sales to Saudi Arabia and Turkey, says a UK government minister.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Diehl and Sener have struck an agreement to work together on projects such as remote carriers and hypersonic weapons technologies.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
With engine upgrades, stealth drone integration and enhanced weapons, France’s Dassault Rafale is evolving for the future—and eyeing new export wins.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
With higher output, more orders and new upgrade plans, Eurofighter’s CEO says the program has reached an inflection point.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Can the French-German-Spanish fighter development program be saved? The next few months could be decisive.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Tensions over the potential workshare within the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS program resurfaced on the second day of the Paris Air Show.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus executives appear to be expecting a less-than-smooth ride as they negotiate the next stage of development for the pan-European Future Combat Air System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
European militaries should expedite their pursuit of collaborative combat aircraft, Airbus Defense & Space CEO Michael Schoelhorn argues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
The trinational engine effort aims to bring adaptive-cycle power and propulsion to the Future Combat Air System fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
In addition to learning lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War, the French Air and Space Force is working on defense in space.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems officials have hinted at further progress in the assembly of the Future Combat Air Demonstrator aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Spanish defense electronics firm Indra has unveiled concepts for a remote carrier uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) designed to carry a range of payloads.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne, Guy Norris
Seeking unprecedented levels of electrical power generation and thermal management, the GCAP engine team has ditched an adaptive-cycle concept.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A low-cost air defense system has been unveiled by Airbus to deal with swarms of uncrewed aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The aeroengine manufacturer has been using the metallics powder to print parts for the Orpheus small engine demonstration program.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Spain’s Satnus joint venture, established to develop autonomous remote carrier technologies for the European FCAS, has completed its first flight test campaign.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
After years of talking about collective defense, the EU wants to make 2025 the year it really advances efforts to boost the region’s military capacity.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week's defense team discusses the latest developments with Europe's combat air projects as governments there ramp up military spending.
Check 6

By Tony Osborne
The memorandum of understanding will examine opportunities for joint capabilities and technologies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is proposing the development of the System and Teaming Advanced Research (STAR) demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus wants to extend battlefield connectivity of the Future Combat Air System to its helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Germany needs to move forward with FCAS and finalize its pledge to buy 20 Eurofighters, the head of programs at MTU Aero Engines says.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sash Tusa
The Tempest program faces a political stress test in Britain’s new strategic defense review.
Budget, Policy & Operations