Germany and France Scrap Joint Fighter Jet Project
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to end the landmark combat aircraft project following months of industry deadlock. The leaders will maintain the project name for secondary systems while abandoning the core sixth-generation fighter development.
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Germany and France will scrap their €100B ($116B) joint fighter jet project following months of industrial and political deadlock. The collapse of the landmark program marks a major setback for European efforts to unify military procurement and industrial defense capacity. For investors, the dissolution shifts the focus toward national defense budgets and the independent order pipelines of Europe’s largest aerospace contractors.
