Will the Scaf see the light of day? The air combat system of the future (composed of a combat aircraft, drones and communication systems) desired by France, Germany and Spain, in effect, remains paralyzed, mired in the fratricidal war between Dassault Aviation and Airbus and the power struggles between States.
The risk: that European defense meets a long internal competition and flies two planes instead of one.
Guest of Good Morning Business on Tuesday, Emmanuel Chiva, General Delegate for Armaments (DGA), nevertheless shows his confidence. “It is normal that in such a complex system, pillar by pillar, there is discussion and competition. We select the companies for their know-how and we take the ‘best-athlete’”.
Plan B
However, the French industrialist begins to lose patience. “We left until the end of the year to launch a Plan B“, declared last July Eric Trappier, CEO of Dassault Aviation.
Alone or together with another European plane? “I am waiting for the result of the very rapid discussions this month between our two industrialists”, pleads the manager, who nevertheless stresses that the scenario with two devices “is not the solution that is favored today”.
Source: BFM TV
