Europe’s next fighter jet problem has no easy answer

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BERLIN — The collapse of a €100 billion program to build a European next-generation jet fighter has countries scrambling for options. For nearly a decade, the Future Combat Air System was supposed to embody a new vision of European military power: a French, German and Spanish effort — with Belgium as an observer — to build not just a fighter jet, but an entire networked system of jets, drones, sensors and satellites capable of competing with some of the world's most innovative military aircraft.

Europe’s next fighter jet problem has no easy answer https://www.politico.eu - 09.06.2026 08:41

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Europe’s next fighter jet problem has no easy answer https://www.politico.eu - 09.06.2026 08:41