Germany and France have jointly decided to abandon the fighter jet component of the Future Combat Air System, known as FCAS, after years of industrial disputes between Airbus and Dassault Aviation proved impossible to resolve, according to
Der Tagesspiegel.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron reached a shared conclusion that Airbus and Dassault could not find common ground on building a joint next-generation combat aircraft. Merz recommended to Macron that the two countries stop pursuing a shared fighter jet, and Macron agreed.