Future Combat Air System | future combat air system
ThisarticleisabouttheFrench/German/Spanishfighteraircraft.ForthepreviousBritish/FrenchandcurrentBritishproject,seeFutureCombatAirSystem(UK).Europeansixth-generationjetfighterprojectTheFutureCombatAirSystem(FCAS),French:Systèmedecombataériendufutur;SCAF;Spanish:FuturoSistemaAéreodeCombate;FSAC)isaEuropeancombatsystemofsystemsunderdevelopmentbyAirbus,ThalesGroup,IndraSistemasandDassaultAviation.TheFCASwillconsistofaNext-GenerationWeaponSystem(NGWS)aswellasotherairassetsinthefutureoperationalba...
This article is about the French/German/Spanish fighter aircraft. For the previous British/French and current British project, see Future Combat Air System (UK).European sixth-generation jet fighter project
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS), French: Système de combat aérien du futur; SCAF; Spanish: Futuro Sistema Aéreo de Combate; FSAC) is a European combat system of systems under development by Airbus, Thales Group, Indra Sistemas and Dassault Aviation. The FCAS will consist of a Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) as well as other air assets in the future operational battlespace.[1][2] The NGWSs components will be remote carrier vehicles (swarming drones) as well as a New Generation Fighter (NGF) - a sixth-generation jet fighter[3] that by around 2035–2040 will replace current Frances Rafales, Germanys Typhoons and Spains EF-18 Hornets.[4][5]
A test flight of a demonstrator is expected around 2025 and entry into service around 2040.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
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