No. 291: European Fighter Programs: A Preliminary Assessment

Author(s): Amos Dossi, Niklas Masuhr
Series Editor(s): Benno Zogg, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 291
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Two European consortia, FCAS and Tempest, have recently set out to develop and manufacture 6th-generation fighter jets. Both projects are motivated by the same basic rationale: regaining European autonomy in a strategic technology cluster. However, they differ not only in their approaches and ambition levels towards this end, but also in key military and politico-industrial parameters.

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