BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has questioned whether developing a manned sixth-generation ...

By Sabine Siebold and Mike Stone BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 ...

New comments from Germany's chancellor seem to spell the end of the next-gen fighter jet for Germany, France and Spain.

Europe is not going it alone on next-generation airpower. Instead, it is pursuing a pragmatic hybrid: buying cutting-edge US ...

Germany does not need the same new fighter jets as France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday, signalling that Berlin ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants the military to do a proper requirements assessment for a potential next-generation fighter that he says was lacking when his country embarked on the Future ...

While Paris and Berlin still hope to resolve the crisis, political and industrial deadlock has jeopardized the realization of ...

This could have large impacts on the European defense industry.

Former Airbus and EADS chief Tom Enders has publicly warned Germany against launching a national fighter program, arguing that Berlin would spend hundreds of billions on a prestige project that would ...

Reports suggest the long-planned Franco-German FCAS air defense project is near collapse. In an exclusive interview with DW, Airbus Defence CEO Michael Schoellhorn says it needs to be restructured to ...

The arrival of a new partner would provide a valuable boost to backers of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), as the cost of the project has turned out to be higher than anticipated.

Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, two sources told Reuters, a move that would deepen Berlin's ...