Germany, France, Spain Aim for Fighter Jet Agreement This Week

Germany, France, Spain Aim for Fighter Jet Agreement This Week
Scale models of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, are seen in Paris, France, on Feb. 20, 2020. Charles Platiau/Reuters
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BERLIN—Disagreements over intellectual property rights mean Germany, France and Spain have yet to agree the next steps for a joint fighter jet project, the defense ministry in Berlin said on Saturday after a deadline to find a solution ran out.

The defense ministers of Germany and France had previously set an end-April deadline to broker a deal over the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Europe’s largest defense project.