What would an FCAS collapse look like?

A key meeting on the future fighter has been "postponed," a German official told Breaking Defense, as analysts weigh what's next.

BELFAST — This month key stakeholders in one of Europe’s most highly publicized and troubled defense projects, the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), were expected to sit at a table and hash out their issues. But now such a meeting between German, French and Spanish officials has been put on hold, the latest stumbling block in a development path riddled with obstacles.

“The date of the trilateral meeting has been postponed,” a spokesperson from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence told Breaking Defense in a statement today. “The Federal Government continues to strive for the successful implementation of the project. We are in close contact with our French and Spanish partners to determine a new date for this meeting.”