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@littlealex @toxomat
That's far from obvious! The FCAS project is collapsing, which seems driven by the belief of Dassault and the French government that working with Airbus is only delaying the project. The German government is buying additional F35s (and rumours about joining gcap) suggesting that they are not convinced either.
Note that Airbus-the-aircraft-manufacturer is not involved much. They got burned on the a400m and dont want more. Its their missile subsidiary mostly
@littlealex @toxomat
Yes, I know. But there is no more experience, neither personal or institutional, in running an entire project. That comes with a great risk that a project spins out of control, unable to meet the exlected capabilities, costs and timelines
until it gets cancelled.
Imagine the F35 project with its setbacks, but now run by people who never did that before, and the costs divided among multiple distrusting governments, who also have no experience managing such a project...
I dont know that we could do the basics tough? The last European jet fighter development projects were in the 1980s. Eurofighter, Rafale, Grippen.
Basically, if you worked on the development of those planes as a first job out of school, you're now pushing retirement age.
