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FCAS takes next step after workshare agreement Primary tabs 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 conten...

The German government has approved the release of funding to lease an additional Heron 1 UAV to aid UN operations in Mali, bringing the in-country total to four, as well as securing the use of a third ground control station. Announcing the decision in a May 5 release, the German MoD stated that the combination of four Heron UAVs and three ground control stations would permit the deployment of two systems simultaneously, as well as providing a reserve capability to accommodate scheduled or unsch...

RAF P-8A Poseidon and Typhoon overflys Vasily Bykov over the North Sea. RAF picture Germany Seemingly Selects P-8A Poseidon over ATL2 as ‘Interim’ Replacement for P-3C MPA According to official documents, Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Silberhorn, the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) would have selected the Boeing P-8A Poseidon as an interim solution to the replacement of the soon to be retired P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the German Na...

Home» News»Possible FMS of P-8A MPA to Germany: P-3C stop-gap solution or MAWS alternative ? A P-8A Poseidon assigned to US Navy Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 is seen in flight over Jacksonville, Fla. (U.S Navy/Personnel Specialist 1st Class Anthony Petry/Released) Possible FMS of P-8A MPA to Germany: P-3C stop-gap solution or MAWS alternative ? The United States State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Germany of Boeing P-8A ...