FCAS is intended to replace Germany’s Eurofighter and France’s Rafale jets by around 2040. The program includes a warplane — which lies at the heart of the disagreement — drones and a combat cloud.
The project has been repeatedly delayed by industrial disputes, especially between France’s Dassault Aviation and Germany-backed Airbus over leadership and control of the fighter jet.
“We Europeans … have an interest in standardizing, in having a common model” for warplanes, Macron told reporters Thursday on the sidelines of a trip to India. “We have identified common needs. Are they being called into question? The answer is no … Is building multiple aircraft the best use of our money? We need to standardize.”
That directly contradicts statements that Merz made…
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