Future Combat Air System

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS), (French: Système de combat aérien du futur; SCAF; Spanish: Futuro Sistema Aéreo de Combate; FSAC) is a European combat system of systems under development by Dassault Aviation, Airbus and Indra Sistemas. The FCAS will consist of a Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) as well as other air assets in the future operational battlespace. The NGWS's components will be remote carrier vehicles (swarming drones) as well as a New Generation Fighter (NGF) - a sixth-generation jet fighter that by around 2040 will replace current France's Rafales, Germany's Typhoons and Spain's EF-18 Hornets.

This article is about the French/German/Spanish air combat system. For the previous British/French project, see Future Combat Air System (UK).

Future Combat Air System
Mock-up of the NGF and a remote carrier at the 2019 Paris Air Show
Role Combat system of systems
Manufacturer
Primary user French Air and Space Force
Spanish Air and Space Force
German Air Force
New Generation Fighter
Mock-up of the NGF at the 2019 Paris Air Show
Role Sixth-generation jet fighter
National origin France, Germany, Spain
Status Project

A test flight of a demonstrator is expected around 2027 and entry into service around 2040.

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