The European FCAS fighter jet project has failed. The German and French governments announced on Monday that the joint development of the aircraft is to be halted. The jet was to form the central pillar of the Future Combat Air System, a key project in European defence cooperation, however Airbus and Dassault, the two companies working on the project, were unable to agree on who should take the lead.
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