Spain signs $500M-plus deal for SIRTAP drones from Airbus
The Spanish Ministry of Defence said the aircraft will enter service in 2026 — an aggressive timeline considering Airbus only plans to have a prototype in the air by 2025.
3-to-5 years from now is the danger time when the US could face both China and Russia
RUSI’s Justin Bronk has an idea of what Europe should be doing to help the US in the Indo-Pacific, and it doesn’t include sending the Charles De Gaulle.
UK official sees ‘unique’ partnership chances for next-gen fighter
“I think it’s a richness of our collective response that we are able to develop what might appear on the surface to be competitive solutions, whether that’s F-35, NGAD, the Franco German cooperation, or our program," said Richard Berthon, the UK Ministry of Defence’s Director of Future Combat Air.
GCAP fighter design to fly within 5 years, as BAE eyes potential export market
“If we deliver solutions in 2035, we’ll be the first mover and one of the first western nations outside the US to deliver sixth-generation [aircraft]," said Herman Claesen, BAE Systems’ Future Combat Air System Managing Director.
What is MBDA’s ‘Expendable Remote Carrier,’ the unmanned aide for the SCAF next-gen fighter?
The 400 kilogram, four-meter-long carrier “could be launched from any platform: an aircraft, a ship, a submarine, a vehicle or a drone,” MBDA's Jean Judde de Larivière said.
Belgium to join Franco-German-Spanish SCAF next gen fighter effort
In addition to Brussels’s nascent inclusion in the fighter project, the French president revealed other, major joint weapons investments.
FCAS? SCAF? Tempest? Explaining Europe’s sixth-generation fighter efforts
In which the Breaking Defense team attempts to explain the differences between the UK-led FCAS, the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS, the UK-Italian-Japanese GCAP and all the other sixth-generation fighter development efforts in Europe.