Come on, France24, spill the tea. What is the actual conflict line?
Well, Airbus could also build it alone, I think the idea was to have multiple companies involved for having the profits distributed.
But Airbus is partly French …
And multiple countries to distribute the costs.
Exactly. There never was a doubt that a company like Dassault could build such a plane alone, but that, given the Rafale experience, it is financially unviable to do so.
Just merge with some German firms and then Dassault can built it in Germany. Something like Hensoldt would be a good target.
France has a history of demanding control in international projects.
Just build a replacement power plant for the SAAB Gripen, please.
They need more electricity?
Essentially yes. The reason why the engine in a fighter jet is referred to as a power plant is that it does more than merely provide propulsion - it also generates the energy required to drive all the other systems of the plane, some of which can be pretty power hungry. Radar in particular.
That makes sense. I thought they didn’t have enough power to produce the planes. Which would be strange XD
Not sure if /s, but just in case: The Gripen engine (the „power plant“) is built under license and derived from the General Electric F404 engine, which means that the US basically has a veto vote on who Sweden can sell the Gripen to. Replacing that engine with a european-built (be it Dassault or Airbus or whatever) alternative would make the Gripen a much better plane given the current state of affairs.
They may be able to, but they shouldn’t. We need a European army and that requires a military industry that stops thinking about old borders.
But we all remember the desaster with the Eurofighter. Outdated and unusable for real scenarios other than reconnaissance missions since release.
Not sure if /s
The EF Typhoon is in service with four large European airforces, among others, and has seen a wide range of deployments in its operational history.
Of course they can. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should. They are already in a public debt crisis, why add hundreds of billions more to that.
