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 "slug": "france-scaf-new-format-national-2-74-billion-2027-second-demonstration-phase-ngf-prototype-development-2029",
 "title": "France Moves the SCAF Fighter to a New Format, National or a New Framework — EUR 2.74 Billion in 2027 to Fly an NGF Prototype",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-scaf-new-format-national-2-74-billion-2027-second-demonstration-phase-ngf-prototype-development-2029/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-14T19:16:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-19T19:16:40.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 14 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The 2027 performance plan for programme 146 says the core of SCAF, the NGF fighter included, \"formerly carried out in cooperation with Germany and Spain, will therefore be carried out in a new format, nationally or under a new cooperation framework\"\n * It assigns EUR 2.74 billion of commitment authority to SCAF in 2027, against about EUR 560 million of payments, to launch the second phase of demonstration work, \"notably to fly the NGF prototy",
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