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 "slug": "germany-france-abandon-joint-fcas-fighter-airbus-led-german-jet-dassault-split",
 "title": "Germany and France Abandon the Joint FCAS Fighter After Eight Years",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-france-abandon-joint-fcas-fighter-airbus-led-german-jet-dassault-split/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-france-abandon-joint-fcas-fighter-airbus-led-german-jet-dassault-split/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-06-08T01:41:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:24.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 8 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Emmanuel Macron took the decision on the margins of the EU–Western Balkans summit in Tivat on 5 June and made it public on 8 June: the joint sixth-generation fighter at the centre of the Future Combat Air System will not be built\n * Launched in 2017 and joined by Spain in 2019, the programme was valued at around €100 billion and meant to replace the Eurofighter and the Rafale from about 2040\n * The combat ",
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  "air-space",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
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  "dassault-aviation",
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