German, Spanish FCAS companies rally to preserve breakthrough fighter tech

German and Spanish companies involved in the defunct Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program are urging their governments to maintain funding for sixth-generation fighter jet expertise. The companies, including Airbus and Indra, argue that a funding lapse would cause irreversible expertise loss and advocate for multinational collaboration, potentially aligning with programs like the British-Italian-Japanese Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).