Sebastien Roblin, National Interest: Forget the F-22 or Su-57: Europe Wants a Deadly 6th Generation Stealth Fighter
But which nations will help build it?
On December 3, the Spanish Ministry of Defense announced its desire to join the Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project to build a sixth-generation stealth fighter and an accompanying drone “wingman.” The initial Spanish buy-in is projected to amount to just twenty-five million euros over two years, but the document makes clear Madrid wants its industry to have a role in producing the next-generation fighters as well as procuring them to replace its older EF-18A Hornet fighters.
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WNU editor: Germany and France have taken the first steps to develop this fighter .... France and Germany to launch first contracts on future combat jets (Reuters). Germany has trouble reaching its own modest defence budget goals, how can they afford the tens of billions in developing a new fighter? .... Germany’s plan to boost defense spending hits a snag (Defense News).
