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Next Generation Fighters and Drones With Europe Still Junior Partner
Europe is not going it alone on next-generation airpower. Instead, it is pursuing a pragmatic hybrid: buying cutting-edge US technology quickly while insisting on local final assembly, software sovereignty, and industrial offsets to satisfy political strategic autonomy demands.
General Atomics (YFQ-42A) announced European-built variant (July 2025) with a German subsidiary doing final assembly in Oberpfaffenhofen.
Kratos (XQ-58 Valkyrie) has an Airbus partnership for European version. It is already flying with European payloads.
No country has placed firm multi-hundred orders yet. Europe wants US autonomy software + performance now but with 40–60 % local workshare. Procurement is moving fast via bilateral deals and urgent operational requirements rather than slow multinational programs.
NGAD / Next Generation Export Plane After F-35
US NGAD (F-47 manned fighter) is US-only for the foreseeable future. Boeing won the manned component. First prototype flight targeted 2028. No export policy announced (similar to F-22 restrictions). The USAF is prioritizing it over additional F-35 buys. F-35 orders drop to ~18 in FY2028.
Europe's own programs is the FCAS (Future Combat Air System with France/Germany/Spain). It is circling the drain. Germany open to more F-35s and possibly joining GCAP (UK led group). There will soon be three Europe future fighter programs (french group, german group and UK group).
Full GCAP fighter prototype (actual production-representative aircraft) is expecting first flight around 2030. This is not the 2027 tech demo. Italy/Japan are also building their own national flight-test aircraft. Actually could be four or more next generation fighters.
This was reported two days ago by Euronews.
Germany, France and Spain have been working on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) for nearly a decade now to replace the Eurofighter and Rafale jets by 2040. The programme has been stalled due to disagreements between Airbus and Dassault. Dassault is seeking up to 80% of the NGF development and production work in France. The overall FCAS program is in deep crisis. Airbus (Germany and Spain) has publicly said it is open to a two-fighter solution. Separate French and German-led jets under a loose umbrella to keep some pretend cooperation alive.