Europe’s next-generation fighter jet project may collapse if row continues, says warplane maker
Dassault Aviation says €100bn project may soon be ‘dead’ if Airbus will not agree on how to share workloadFrance and Germany’s next-generation fighter jet project could soon be “dead”, one of the two companies tasked with delivering it has warned, amid a worsening corporate rift over...
<p>Dassault Aviation says €100bn project may soon be ‘dead’ if Airbus will not agree on how to share workload</p><p>France and Germany’s next-generation fighter jet project could soon be “dead”, one of the two companies tasked with delivering it has warned, amid a worsening corporate rift over who gets to build the aircraft.</p><p>Dassault Aviation, France’s leading warplane maker, said Airbus’s defence arm – which represents Germany and Spain – needed to cooperate <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/20/france-germany-fighter-jet-of-the-future-fcas">on the €100bn programme</a> otherwise it would collapse.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/04/europe-fighter-jet-collapse-france-germany-airbus-dassault-aviation">Continue reading...</a>
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