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Dassault Unveils Future Combat Air System Mock Up

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019

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Dassault Unveils Future Combat Air System Mock Up

European and company officials meet for the signing of the FCAS industrial agreement on June 17. (Dassault Aviation Photo)

PARIS AIR SHOW--Dassault Aviation unveiled a mock up of the Future Combat Air System on June 17 here, as government and company officials signed an FCAS Industry Agreement on Demonstrator Programs. The latter accord covers the main components of FCAS: a new generation, manned fighter; support "remote carrier" drones; and an Air Combat Cloud to integrate sensors. On June 17, Spain also officially joined Germany and France as a partner in the FCAS program. While the United States Air Force…

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