A group of defense companies led by Airbus has submitted a position paper on a sixth-generation fighter jet project to the German government. The group, dubbed 'Team Gen 6,' comprises several major defense companies, including Airbus Defence and Space, Autoflug, and MBDA.
The move comes amid uncertainty about the direction of Europe's future combat jet program, following the collapse of a Franco-German flagship effort to develop a next-generation combat jet.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius acknowledged that problems surrounding the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) had been evident for some time, and that Berlin had been holding talks with stakeholders for months about future options.
