Duplicated efforts, fragmented industry and soured collaborations are among reasons region isn’t getting more bang for its defense buck
It was billed as the answer to high-tech U.S. stealth fighters. Instead, an ambitious pan-European project has become a case study into some of what has gone wrong with the region’s defense push.
The French, German and Spanish Future Combat Air System project was meant to build a next-generation aircraft to catch up with the latest U.S., Chinese and Russian models. Now the venture has devolved into bickering between defense companies Airbus and Dassault Aviation—and between Berlin and Paris—over who gets to lead its development, with all sides now questioning its future.
This is who Carney wants us to hook up with, maybe he’ll make Canada a conduit for ChiCom IP theft.
