The French Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly announced today that the three participating nations in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program will aim to have a demonstrator fly in 2027 and the aircraft to be fully operational by 2040. After tumultuous negotiations marked by several clashes between the two leading nations and their contractors, France’s Dassault Aviation and the Germany’s Airbus over … Continue reading France, Germany and Spain finally reach an agreement on the aircraft of the future.