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French Senate confirms new industry pact for FCAS fighter jet program 2 hours ago The full-scale jet fighter model of the Systeme de Combat Aerien Futur (SCAF), the French-German-Spanish new-generation Future Combat Air System (FCAS), is presented during the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris on June 17, 2019. (Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images) STUTTGART, Germany — The two companies leading the trinational Future Combat Air System (FCAS) effort have comp...

Spain Is Now Officially The Third Nation Of The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Programme Spain Is Now Officially The Third Nation Of The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Programme A rendering of the Next Generation Fighter and the Remote Carriers, both part of the wider FCAS programme. (Photo: Airbus) Spain will be an equal nation along with France and Germany in the participation to the demonstrator phase of FCAS. The Spanish industry has signed the initial framework contract for the Future Co...

European 6th-Gen Fighter Jet: After Germany & France, Spain Awards Contract To Airbus To Develop FCAS Aircraft December 11, 2020 After Germany and France, Spain has signed an initial framework contract with European aerospace giant Airbus for the development of a new generation fighter (NGF) under the sixth-generation Future Combat Air System (FCAS) jet program. The deal confirms Airbus as Spain’s prime contractor in the low observability domain of the FCAS program. The signature formally con...