Future Combat Air System
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The Future Combat Air System (FCAS), (French: Système de combat aérien du futur; SCAF; Spanish: Futuro Sistema Aéreo de Combate; FSAC) is a European combat system of systems under development by Dassault Aviation, Airbus and Indra Sistemas. The FCAS will consist of a Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) as well as other air assets in the future operational battlespace.[1][2] The NGWS's components will be remote carrier vehicles (swarming drones) as well as a New Generation Fighter (NGF) - a sixth-generation jet fighter[3] that by around 2045 will replace current France's Rafales, Germany's Typhoons and Spain's EF-18 Hornets.[2][4]
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Future Combat Air System | |
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Mock-up of the NGF and a remote carrier at the 2019 Paris Air Show | |
Role | Combat system of systems |
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Primary user | French Air and Space Force Spanish Air and Space Force German Air Force |
New Generation Fighter | |
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Mock-up of the NGF at the 2019 Paris Air Show | |
Role | Sixth-generation jet fighter |
National origin | France, Germany, Spain |
Status | Project |
A test flight of a demonstrator is expected around 2027 and entry into service around 2045.[5]