New Generation Fighter in Europe

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS, French: Système de combat aérien futur; SCAF) is a European combat system of systems under development by Airbus and Dassault Aviation. The FCAS will consist of a Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) as well as other air assets in the future operational battlespace. The NGWS’s components will be remote carrier vehicles (swarming drones) as well as a New Generation Fighter (NGF) – a sixth-generation jet fighter that by around 2035–2040 will replace current France’s Rafales, Germany’s Typhoons and Spain’s F-18 Hornets.

2020_09, Next Generation Fighter in Europe