Tag: Future Combat Air System
Airbus achieves in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone from a tanker aircraft
Airbus Defence and Space and the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310...
Japan and UK Move Closer
Fumio Kishida was elected as Japan’s prime minister in October 2021. He was expected to support a strong alliance with the United States and...
German Government Reviews Options for Tornado Replacement
The German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht is reportedly revisiting the German Air Force’s requirement to replace its 90 Panavia Tornados with a new aircraft.
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Powering up the Future Combat Air System
By signing the third implementing agreement for the Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS) within a Future Combat Air System (FCAS) in August 2021, France,...
Multi-million pound Tempest funding set to advance the UK’s future Combat Air capability
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth approximately £250m to progress the design and development of Tempest, the UK’s Future Combat...
Loyal, Unafraid and Unmanned
Published in the UAV supplement 2020/2021 - The role of networked unmanned wingmen closely supporting manned jet aircraft is a vision that is now...
Franco-German FCAS unveiled
David Oliver - Paris Air Show Review: The opening day of Le Bourget 2019 was dominated by the unveiling of New Generation Fighter (NGF)...
Airbus and Dassault Aviation sign Joint Concept Study contract for Future Combat Air System
France and Germany have awarded the first-ever contract – a Joint Concept Study (JCS) – to Dassault Aviation and Airbus for the Future Combat...
Airbus invests € 60 million in new military aircraft logistics centre
Airbus Defence and Space is investing around € 60 million into a new logistics centre for spare parts of military aircraft (Military Air Spares Centre –...
Analysis: German Tornado/Typhoon Replacement
At the ILA Berlin Airshow Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, and Eric Trappier, CEO and chairman of Dassault Aviation announced that...
