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Future Combat Air System takes major step forward

Air February 18, 2020

The governments of France and Germany have awarded Dassault Aviation, Airbus, together with their partners MTU Aero Engines, Safran, MBDA and Thales, the initial framework contract (Phase 1A), which launches the demonstrator phase for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). This framework contract covers a first period of 18 months and ...

Future Combat Air System in the works at Airbus and Dassault

Air May 1, 2018

Airbus has announced a collaboration with Dassault Aviation to develop and manufacture Europe’s Future Combat Air System. The landmark announcement – agreed in Berlin by Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, and Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation – will produce a Future Combat Air System (FCAS) ...