A GAO official told a Senate subcommittee that FCS' successes and failures should inform the design of future modernization efforts. The Army’s Future Combat Systems failed to live up to expectations, ...

Key Points and Summary - An analysis of the five worst weapon systems in U.S. Army history reveals a pattern of massive cost overruns, technological overreach, and comical failures. -The list includes ...

WT 360: Known risks and potential rewards in the post-shutdown catchup ...

Referred to as the “Airborne Launching and Attack System,” AirLAS for short, this system is clearly part of the ongoing, drastic European rearmament project in response to the much-feared Russian ...

It is possible that the “Combat Cloud,” a program designed to link advanced fighter jets to ground sensors and other aircraft, could be salvaged if Europe’s FCAS program collapsed. Europe’s most ...

An effort by France, Germany and Spain to define the path forward on their cooperative Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter program will miss a self-imposed year-end deadline and continue into 2026 ...

A life-size model of the fighter jet component of the Future Combat Air System, or FCAS, is displayed at the Salon du Bourget airshow, at Le Bourget airport, northeast of Paris, June 19, 2023 (Sipa ...

When Europe’s two next-generation fighter programs began, their futures seemed predictable. The French-German-Spanish program known as the Future Combat Air System looked unlikely to succeed for ...