Aviation News – Germany and France have agreed to abandon a flagship project to develop a next-generation European fighter jet after failing to overcome longstanding industrial disputes between the companies involved. The decision marks a significant setback for one of Europe’s most ambitious defence initiatives and raises new questions about future military cooperation on the continent.
Oh, and once they start to develop their own jets each, France will suddenly realize that they want all the capabilities and options they vehemently denied when Germany mentioned them. We have seen this happen so often now, it isn’t even funny anymore.
My personal highlight still is the APACHE desaster that brought us two conceptionally identical cruise missiles produced by two different subsidiaries of the same company, just because German ideas about the warhead’s capabilities were totally insane… until about 1min after they walked away from the project and France decided to actually want that sophisticated bunker-busting warhead now that there are no stupid Germans with the same idea anymore.
Something like that, probaly. I tried to keep up with the whole debacle. Things that didn’t help was that it seems that they postponed the technical goals after the political intent was decided.So this divergence would later clash in the operational details and goals, another alleged issue was not sharing details (secrecy) , and lastly the clashing ego’s of CEOs.