Germany, France, Spain aim for fighter jet agreement next week
- 4 years ago
Disagreements over intellectual property rights mean Germany, France and Spain have yet to agree the next steps for a joint fighter jet project, the defence ministry in Berlin said on Saturday after a deadline to find a solution ran out.
Last week, the defence ministers of Germany and France set an end-April deadline to broker a deal over the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Europe's largest defence project.
"No agreement over the use of the intellectual property rights has been found yet," a ministry spokeswoman said. "For Germany, unrestricted access to the results of the jointly financed research is of utmost importance."
The countries were aiming for an agreement next week, she added.
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