France plots FCAS successor and eyes demonstrator flight next decade

<p>Dassault sees route to recovery from progamme collapse, while tensions with Airbus persist on Eurodrone programme. France is preparing to launch a successor programme to the collapsed tri-national Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme with a demonstrator of a sixth-generation fighter potentially flying by 2031. A sprawling development effort by France, Germany and Spain, and…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/archive/2026/07/france-plots-fcas-successor-and-eyes-demonstrator-flight-next-decade/">France plots FCAS successor and eyes demonstrator flight next decade</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com">FlightGlobal</a>.</p>