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Future Combat Air System
Mock-up of the NGF and a remote carrier at the 2019 Paris Air Show
Role
Combat system of systems
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Dassault Aviation (coordinator)
Airbus (coordinator)
Indra Sistemas (coordinator)
Primary user
French Air and Space Force Spanish Air and Space Force German Air Force
New Generation Fighter
Mock-up of the NGF at the 2019 Paris Air Show
Role
Sixth-generation jet fighter
Type of aircraft
National origin
France, Germany, Spain
Status
Project
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS), (French: Système de combat aérien du futur; SCAF; Spanish: Futuro Sistema Aéreo de Combate; FSAC) is a European combat system of systems under development by Dassault Aviation, Airbus and Indra Sistemas. The FCAS will consist of a Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) as well as other air assets in the future operational battlespace.[1][2] The NGWS's components will be remote carrier vehicles (swarming drones) as well as a New Generation Fighter (NGF) - a sixth-generation jet fighter[3] that by around 2045 will replace current France's Rafales, Germany's Typhoons and Spain's EF-18 Hornets.[2][4]
A test flight of a demonstrator is expected around 2027 and entry into service around 2045.[5]
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^ abPike, John. "France + Germany - Next Generation Weapon System". Global security. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022.
^Roblin, Sebastien (5 February 2019). "Forget the F-22 or Su-57: Europe Wants a Deadly 6th Generation Stealth Fighter". The National Interest. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^Trevithick, Joseph (4 December 2018). "Eurofighter Consortium 2.0 Takes Shape As Spain Set To Join Franco-German Stealth Jet Program". The Drive. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^Machi, Vivienne (17 May 2021). "New trinational deal paves way for FCAS demonstrator program". Defense News. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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