Spain has joined the creation of a European generation fighter 6-th
Spain joins the joint project of France and Germany on the creation of the 6 generation aircraft. The relevant agreement was signed by the Minister of Defense of Spain Margarita Robles during a meeting of defense ministers of NATO member countries in Brussels, the blog bmpd reports.
As stated after the signing of the document Robles, Spain "joins this project on an equal footing with France and Germany." Madrid’s participation in the creation of a promising aviation complex is important for the modernization of the Spanish armed forces, and “is an impetus for the development of the Spanish defense industry,” she added.
Earlier it was reported that in 2018, France and Germany signed an agreement on the harmonization of joint requirements under the program for the future aviation complex FCAS for the creation of a promising fighter Next Generation Fighter (NGF; previously referred to as Next Generation Weapon System - NGWS) in the interests of these two countries.
6 February 2019 French Defense Ministers Florence Parley and Germany Ursula von der Layen signed a contract with the European group of Airbus and the French company Dassault Aviation for a joint concept study (JCS) program of the FCAS program at a meeting in Paris.
Work on the new Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project will begin with European Airbus and French Dassault Aviation. At the first stage, which will take several years, the appearance of the future aircraft will be determined, a discussion of the requirements and the formation of common features of a promising aircraft. Design will begin no earlier than 2025. The first prototype is planned to be received in the mid-thirties, and in a series aviation the sixth generation complex should go by 2040. The aircraft of the FCAS project will have to replace the obsolete fourth-generation French fighter Rafal and the German Eurofighter Typhoon.
Lead the program to create a promising aircraft combat system Future Combat Air System (FCAS), which will be based on the new Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS) combat aircraft, will be France. FCAS will become a 21-century multipurpose combat air "system of systems" using artificial intelligence and operating in a "combat cloud" (Combat Cloud) and network ("ecosystem") of existing and future manned and unmanned systems, including various types of unmanned aerial vehicles (Remote Carriers ) and managed weapons.
As stated after the signing of the document Robles, Spain "joins this project on an equal footing with France and Germany." Madrid’s participation in the creation of a promising aviation complex is important for the modernization of the Spanish armed forces, and “is an impetus for the development of the Spanish defense industry,” she added.
Earlier it was reported that in 2018, France and Germany signed an agreement on the harmonization of joint requirements under the program for the future aviation complex FCAS for the creation of a promising fighter Next Generation Fighter (NGF; previously referred to as Next Generation Weapon System - NGWS) in the interests of these two countries.
6 February 2019 French Defense Ministers Florence Parley and Germany Ursula von der Layen signed a contract with the European group of Airbus and the French company Dassault Aviation for a joint concept study (JCS) program of the FCAS program at a meeting in Paris.
Work on the new Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project will begin with European Airbus and French Dassault Aviation. At the first stage, which will take several years, the appearance of the future aircraft will be determined, a discussion of the requirements and the formation of common features of a promising aircraft. Design will begin no earlier than 2025. The first prototype is planned to be received in the mid-thirties, and in a series aviation the sixth generation complex should go by 2040. The aircraft of the FCAS project will have to replace the obsolete fourth-generation French fighter Rafal and the German Eurofighter Typhoon.
Lead the program to create a promising aircraft combat system Future Combat Air System (FCAS), which will be based on the new Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS) combat aircraft, will be France. FCAS will become a 21-century multipurpose combat air "system of systems" using artificial intelligence and operating in a "combat cloud" (Combat Cloud) and network ("ecosystem") of existing and future manned and unmanned systems, including various types of unmanned aerial vehicles (Remote Carriers ) and managed weapons.
- Spanish Ministry of Defense
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