{"id":4619,"date":"2026-04-21T16:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/4619\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:02:07","slug":"future-combat-air-system-may-split-fighters-says-airbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/4619\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Combat Air System May Split Fighters, Says Airbus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial &amp; Advertiser disclosure<\/p>\n<p class=\"px-4 py-2 border border-gray-200 mt-2\">Global Banking &amp; Finance Review\u00ae is an online platform offering news, analysis, and opinion on the latest trends, developments, and innovations in the banking and finance industry worldwide. The platform covers a diverse range of topics, including banking, insurance, investment, wealth management, fintech, and regulatory issues. 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We will not be responsible for any loss you may suffer as a result of any omission or inaccuracy on the website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"border-b-[.1rem] pb-1\">Published by Global Banking &amp; Finance Review\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>Posted on April 21, 2026<\/p>\n<p>1 min read<img alt=\"Fighters can be carved out of FCAS, CEO of Airbus military division says - Finance news and analysis from Global Banking &amp; Finance Review\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776787327_80_w=1200,q=85,f=auto.jpeg\" data-seo-image=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto object-contain md:object-cover\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776787327_80_w=1200,q=85,f=auto.jpeg\"\/>Airbus Chief: Future Combat Air System May Split into Multiple Fighter Jets<br \/>\nAirbus&#8217; Vision for Europe&#8217;s Future Combat Air System<\/p>\n<p>April 21 (Reuters) &#8211; Europe must move to build a networked &#8220;combat cloud&#8221; linking fighters, even if that means the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) ends up operating on different jets, the chief of Airbus&#8217; military division Michael Schoellhorn said at a trade show on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p>Airbus&#8217; Role and Industrial Partnership<\/p>\n<p>He said Airbus did not sign up to act as a subordinate supplier in a French\u2011led programme and reiterated support for a genuinely balanced industrial partnership, as approved by Germany&#8217;s parliament. <\/p>\n<p>Implications for European Defense Collaboration<\/p>\n<p>If that proved impossible, he said, the fighter element could be split off from FCAS, potentially leaving Europe to field two or three different next\u2011generation manned or optionally manned aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting and Editorial Credits<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Maria Rugamer, editing by Maria Martinez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editorial &amp; Advertiser disclosure Global Banking &amp; Finance Review\u00ae is an online platform offering news, analysis, and opinion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[90,4473,4475,4474,4472,4471],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-airbus","tag-airbus","tag-airbus-military-division","tag-combat-cloud","tag-european-defense-program","tag-fcas-fighters","tag-future-combat-air-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}