Germany and France Postpone FCAS Fighter Decision to End of Year

Germany and France have agreed to delay a decision on the future of the troubled FCAS fighter jet program until the end of the year, according to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, leaving one of Europe’s most ambitious weapons projects mired in uncertainty.

Asked about the Future Combat Air System at a news conference Wednesday in Berlin, Merz said he and French President Emmanuel Macron plan to “make a joint decision in the final quarter of the year on how things will progress.”