• Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury remains confident in the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
• The program is facing structural difficulties, particularly in its industrial relationship with Dassault Aviation.
• Germany and Spain are represented in FCAS, while France's Dassault is the designated lead for the New Generation Fighter subprogram.

Airbus' confidence in FCAS may indicate a desire to maintain European combat aircraft capabilities despite governance challenges. The program's industrial disputes suggest that cooperation problems with Dassault could hinder progress. The emergence of alternative paths, such as the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), suggests that the future of FCAS is uncertain.