From Brussels, the European Union determines the great alliances in the defense industry as the fastest way to boost new technological developments. However, the message does not end up. The best example: The project Future Air Combat System (FCAS) between Germany, France and Spain.
According to the media negotiations in the distribution of the workload “are being very complex.” In this sense, Airbus leads the project in Germany, Dassault in France e Indra In Spain. “The French position has generated discomfort in the part of Spain, both in the Ministry of Defense and in companies,” recognize military sources in the middle.
This anger with French companies, moves to other projects such as the combat car MGCS (Main Ground Combat System), “A limited initiative for the moment to the French and German industry.” “The gala industry, from a privileged position with great firms, has traditionally tried to get the maximum of industrial returns and bring the singing voice in the main developments,” says the publication.
For the medium, the “paradogical” is that “these galas companies They continue to maintain this position at a time when European countries seem to agreefor the first time, in the need to invest in joint projects and build a common front to develop technology that allows sovereignty. “
From the launch of the FCA In 2020, France has shown its discrepancies on more than one occasion. The entire project is coordinated by the General Directorate of Armament (DGA) from Paris.
Within the framework of the production of the European combat car MGCS, formed by companies KNDS (Germany), Rheinmetall (Germany) and Thales (France), Spain has asked to enter, but it has not been allowed for the moment. The Secretary of State for Defense, Amparo Valcarcethe petition, from which he has not yet received a response transferred to the French Defense Ministry.
“The strip and loosen in industrial negotiations is not so much with the French authorities but rather with the local industry,” sources for the specialized environment say. “In the case of FCAS, they clarify, which, meanwhile, The relationship with Germany is closer and collaboration progresses. “
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