European Fighter Jet Program Faces Uncertain Future
The French-German-Spanish Next-Generation Fighter (NGF) project is on the verge of collapse due to a long-running industrial dispute between Airbus and Dassault over leadership and workshare. The project is a key component of Europe’s Future Combat Air System, which also includes the development of new weapons, drone swarms, and a combat cloud communications network. Despite French President Emmanuel Macron’s assertion that the program is not dead, the future of NGF and FCAS remains uncertain. The situation was reported by Breaking Defense.