The French manufacture blocks another (second) phase of the FCAS/SCAF programme, which aims to make flying technology demonstrators. This is not only about a manned combat aircraft, but besides about a household of accompanying drones, precision ammunition and another systems. In a letter sent to the parliamentarians of the German budget committee, the German defence ministry warns against the failure of the already established (practically equivalent, albeit formally French) place of German manufacture in the programme. specified a situation would undermine German manufacture in the future, as it would not be given tasks that would translate into method improvement and innovation. The FCAS/SCAF programme with an estimated value of nearly USD 120 billion is besides an chance for the German economy.
