{"id":586857,"date":"2025-11-22T13:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/586857\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:34:13","slug":"germany-and-france-set-december-deadline-for-fcas-next-generation-fighter-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/586857\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany and France set December deadline for FCAS next-generation fighter talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Germany<\/strong> and <strong>France<\/strong> have issued a joint call for <strong>Dassault<\/strong>, <strong>Airbus<\/strong>, and <strong>Indra<\/strong> to reach an agreement on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project by mid-December. The push comes as both governments seek clarity on the viability of the European next-generation fighter effort, revealed Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The FCAS initiative, launched in 2017, has faced repeated delays due to disagreements over workshare distribution and intellectual property rights among the main industrial partners. Negotiators are working toward a decision by December 18 to determine the project\u2019s future direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>Follow us:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFUx5B4CrfZ7VhpPx0Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/airdatanews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BlueSky<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMJyetAswqbnLAw?ceid=GB:en&amp;oc=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google News<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/airdatanews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/100212187\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/airdatanews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dassault, Airbus, and Indra are discussing several scenarios, including a significant scale-back or complete termination of the FCAS program. The outcome hinges on whether the parties can resolve disputes, particularly around the allocation of work and technology sharing.<\/p>\n<p>The FCAS is intended to replace the <strong>French Rafale<\/strong> and the <strong>German and Spanish Eurofighter<\/strong> fleets with a new combat aircraft by 2040. The program is considered central to maintaining European defense industry capabilities in the next decades.<\/p>\n<p>Political leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron, are expected to make a final decision by year-end on whether to continue with the current industrial consortium or pursue alternative approaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airdatanews.com\/france-establishes-80percent-stake-in-european-6th-generation-fighter-program-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France has reportedly requested an 80% share of the work,<\/a><\/strong> a proposal that Dassault has denied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airdatanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/luftwaffe-eurofighter-jpg.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airdatanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/luftwaffe-eurofighter-jpg-960x640.jpg\"   alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"\/> <\/a>Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoon (Wo st 01)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany and France have issued a joint call for Dassault, Airbus, and Indra to reach an agreement on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-586857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115593614697306494","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}