Franco-German Rift Ends Europe’s First Sixth-Generation Fighter Program

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The joint Franco-German-Spanish Next Generation Fighter (NGF) programme was reported officially cancelled on 8 June, 2026. The NGF began development in 2017 as the first, and to date only, entirely European sixth-generation fighter jet programme. NGF was intended to be the centrepiece of a “system of systems” known as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) [...] The post Franco-German Rift Ends Europe’s First Sixth-Generation Fighter Program appeared first on Modern Diplomacy .