Europe’s €100bn Fighter Jet Program Could Split In Two As Airbus Considers Going Solo

Europe’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a more than $110 billion plan to replace the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon models with a sixth-generation advanced system, is edging towards a massive European industrial breakup. With Airbus and Dassault currently locked in a leadership and workshare fight over the core next-generation fighter program, it appears that Airbus is approaching the point at which it has had enough.