Dassault, Airbus Warn Of Delays In Future Fighter Program

French firm Dassault Aviation and European multinational Airbus have warned that the French-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program could be delayed if contracts for the next development phase are not awarded soon, reports Reuters. 

The companies were awarded a 65 million euro (US$71 million) contract in January for concept development and are now waiting on a contract to build demonstrators for the planned crewed and uncrewed aircraft and combat network. Such a deal is...