The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme was launched in 2017 to replace the Rafale jet and the Eurofighter planes used by Germany and Spain

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme was launched in 2017 to replace the Rafale jet and the Eurofighter planes used by Germany and Spain

 Geoffroy Van der Hasselt

The head of France's Dassault Aviation said on Wednesday he was giving his company "two to three weeks" to see if the multibillion-euro warplane programme with Germany could work as the government tries to salvage the project.

He spoke after French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced determination to rescue the programme. Merz said last week that two mediators had been tasked with making a proposal by the end of April.

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