Airbus and Dassault Aviation announced on Wednesday they intend to team up on the development of a French-German combat fighter, a project Paris and Berlin unveiled last year. Airbus and Dassault have been rivals in the development of combat aircraft. Dassault builds the Rafale which is France’s main fighter jet, while the defence arm of Airbus based in Germany is a partner in the Eurofighter Typhoon which is used by several European nations, including Germany. He called it “a first message to tell (policymakers) we are ready in the field of a future air combat system”. “It can only be done, not only when the governments work together, but when key industrial partners team up,” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 25, 2018 12:11 UTC