FCAS Deadlock: Merz Exit Threat Reshapes European Fighter Ambitions
FCAS Deadlock has reached a critical period after Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany expressed doubts on whether Berlin can be so committed to the Future Combat Air System. The Franco-German-Spanish programme of producing a sixth-generation fighter by 2040 (priced at EUR100 billion) is now politically uncertain over an underlying history of industrial wrangles. Merz expressed […]
