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France and Germany Extend Talks on Next-Gen Fighter as FCAS Standoff Persists

The move buys time as industrial disputes force talks on a possible narrower deal.

France and Poland Tighten Defense Ties With Nuclear Exercises, Satellite Plan and Fuel Pipeline Talks

EU Approves €1.5 Billion Plan To Boost Joint Defense Production With Ukraine

Dassault Sets Two- to Three-Week Deadline for FCAS Deal, Rejects Co-Management

EU Approves €1.5 Billion Defense-Industry Plan Integrating Ukraine

Germany and France Set April 15 Deadline for FCAS Deal, Order Expert Mediation

Poland’s President Vetoes EU Defense-Loan Law as Tusk Vows Workaround

FCAS Faces Overhaul as Airbus Confirms Rift and Governments Mull New Paths

Five European Powers Launch LEAP to Build Low-Cost Air-Defense Drones and Weapons

Franco-German FCAS Fighter Plan Frays as Berlin Questions Jet and Airbus Backs Two-Track Option

EU Defense Chief Presses Spain on 2% Cap, Warns Europe Is Only Halfway to Deterrence Needs

Dutch Defense Official Floats ‘Jailbreaking’ F-35 Software if U.S. Cuts Off Support

FCAS Stalls as Airbus Weighs Solo Jet and Saab Courts Germany

German Industry Leaders Press FCAS Split as Macron Moves to Save the Fighter Program

Startup Hypersonica Claims Mach 6 Test in Norway, a First for Private European Hypersonics

Macron Reasserts Backing for SCAF, to Press Merz on Fighter Program

FCAS Fighter Program Teeters as Germany Weighs Exit and GCAP Option

Queen Máxima Begins Dutch Army Reserve Training After Royal Decree

Kallas Urges a 'More European' NATO, Intensifying Rift Over Rutte's Defense Warning

Spain Finalizes Order for 100 Airbus Helicopters Under National Helicopter Plan