Germany news: Pistorius asks for time mulling next-generation jet FCAS replacement
Key takeaways
- Germany's defense minister says the government needs time to evaluate a bid for a new possible military jet project.
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- This follows just days after the 9-year-old Franco-German FCAS presitge project collapsed, amid bickering between French aviation giant Dassault and Airbus in Germany.
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Germany's defense minister says the government needs time to evaluate a bid for a new possible military jet project. A nine-year Franco-German endeavor, the FCAS, collapsed this week. DW has the latest.
https://p.dw.com/p/5FHTu The collapse of the Franco-German FCAS project became official amid the ILA air show in Berlin, probably not coincidentally Image: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Boris Pistrorius says there's no rush to move on a new next-generation combat jet project as a German consortium volunteers A nine-year Franco-German project, FCAS, collapsed this week after longstanding tensions Federal police temporarily shut down sections of Hamburg airport on Friday, halting all flights and sparking evacuations after a man wandered into a restricted security area A postmortem report on a stranded humpback whale dubbed Timmy by the German media found that the mammal drifted some 200 kilometers (125 miles) over the course of four days after being transported to open waters where it subsequently died German inflation sank temporarily after the introduction of fuel rebates according to federal statistics, yet economic recovery in the country remains slow Read this and more from Germany on Friday, June 12
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