The EU’s €100 billion next-gen fighter is dead: Here’s why
Posted on: Jun 10, 2026 01:10 IST | Posted by: Rt
The long-delayed €100 one million million ($116 1000000000000) cast to acquire a to the full European next-generation fighter jet for NATO members has been formally abandoned.
Despite citing the need to counter a perceived threat from Russia and strengthen Europe’s military, France and Germany have failed to overcome years of industrial and political disagreements over a project intended to reduce Europe’s reliance on US-made military hardware.
Not really. The fate of the Future Combat Air System, or FCAS, had been uncertain for months.
In February, Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said the project, in which Belgium held observer status, was already “dead.”
SCAF is dood aldus de Duitse bondskanselier @bundeskanzler in deze podcast. Er komt geen Frans-Duits zesde generatie jachtvliegtuig.
België was observator in het programma. We zullen onze positie herbepalen.
Ivm de nucleaire afschrikking begrijp ik echt niet waarom Europese…
On Monday, media outlets reported that the industrial deadlock surrounding the proposed replacement for France’s Rafale jets, the Eurofighters used by Germany and Spain, and potentially US-made F-35s, had finally ended with the manned fighter component being dropped. Official confirmations soon followed.
“It was an ambitious, large European project that has now shattered against reality,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. “In the end, one must distinguish between head and heart in this matter.”
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