Deutschland setzt Mitte April Frist für problematisches Kampfflugzeugprojekt mit Frankreich

Perhaps we all need to put our egos aside for a moment and realize that this project is important for Europe’s security.
Let Dassault take the lead on the Core Fighter part, there are worse things.

It’s still better than a failure.

If no agreement can be reached, we should abandon the project once and for all. Otherwise, it will eventually be far too late for a good alternative.

Deadline after deadline. The project is dead.

Nothing brings europian corporation together quiet like a €100B project and two companies arguing over who’s actually in charge
At this point the real deadline isn’t mid April it’s whether they can agree on.control before the next generation of jets is already outdated

Germany *wants to buy faulty american F35 for an abusively high price after mid-April.

Fixed it.

L’article est présenté comme si c’était de la faute de la France. Une habitude chez Reuters.

Dassault has already moved on, they want to make this plane without Germany, and it will be done without them, let’s focus on something else.

I think this project can still work. There’s this persistent idea that Germany needs a long-range aircraft above all else, but that feels like a myth to me.

If the strategic scenario we’re talking about is a potential conflict with Russia, what Europe actually needs is something different: a sturdy aircraft that can operate in harsh conditions and from degraded infrastructure. The priority should be an airplane that can take off and land on damaged or improvised runways, handle cold, wind, and heavy weather, and remain highly multirole.

France also has specific requirements: the aircraft needs to be carrier-capable and compatible with its nuclear deterrence mission. But those requirements don’t really hinder German needs. If anything, they push the design toward something even more robust. Carrier operations require stronger landing gear, reinforced structures, and high reliability in difficult conditions. Those are exactly the kinds of qualities you would want for an aircraft expected to operate from damaged or improvised runways in a high-intensity conflict in Europe.

We are not the US, the UK, or Japan projecting power across oceans. European air forces are continental powers operating relatively close to home. Distance is rarely the limiting factor. Operability, resilience, and flexibility are what would matter most in a real high-intensity conflict on this continent.