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- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron cancelled the joint future combat air system in June 2026.
- France will develop its own next-generation fighter jet after the cancellation.
- Germany may become a secondary customer of the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme.
- Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier said a French combat-jet demonstrator could fly by 2031.
