Debrief: Could Poland, Sweden Help Deliver FCAS Without Dassault? | Aviation Week Network

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Robert Wall
Jens Flottau
November 03, 2025

Flottau, Jens <jens.flottau@aviationweek.co.uk>

As the drama over the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) nears its climax, Airbus is sketching out what is to come in case its combative industrial partner Dassault Aviation prompts a French exit. Sweden and Poland could be potential bedfellows for a next-generation fighter…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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