Sarà a trazione francese il programma per il futuro caccia (europeo ?) franco-tedesco ... salvo che, nel frattempo, non si mettano a litigare su quanti e quali altri paesi, con relative ripartizioni, dovranno confluirvi.
Converrà, poi, all' Italia, già pesantemente impegnata nel programma F-35, aderirvi ... col rischio di ottenere soltanto briciole ?
Fonte: flightglobal.com ... "Franco-German FCAS deal points to Dassault leadership" ...France will take the lead role in the planned development of a joint Future Combat Air System (FCAS) with Germany.
The German defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, and her French counterpart, Florence Parly, signed a declaration of intent on 19 June to provide formal "guide rails" for the fighter project and a parallel effort to jointly develop a future tank dubbed Main Ground Combat System (MGCS), the ministry of defence says.
Under the memorandum, an FCAS project team – with members from the two countries – will be established in France to put in place "requirements for a joint concept study" by year-end, Berlin says.
Anche qui ... "defensenews.com ... France, Germany kick off race for ‘quantum leaps’ in aircraft and tank tech" ...
Da notare, nell'immagine, la sobria eleganza della Francesina ... e la mise orridamente 'merkeliana' della Teteskina ...
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