FCAS takes next step after workshare agreement
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17th May 2021 News
The triumvirate of nations leading the Next Generation Warfare System with Future Combat Air System (NGWS/FCAS) – France, Germany and Spain – have announced the agreement on the workshare issues and paved the way for the next step of the development phase to be undertaken.
In a joint release issued on May 17, the defence ministers of France, Germany and Spain stated that discussions to finalise the content for the next phase of the programme had been agreed with the intention at developing a flying demonstrator aircraft by 2027.
The FCAS programme is intended to see a sixth-generation platform operational by 2040. Airbus Hervé Goussé