Leaders of both the FCAS/SCAF and GCAP programmes are committed to operability between their respective solutions. (BAE Systems)

Programme leaders from the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (FCAS/SCAF) and Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have promoted the need for interoperability between their rival efforts.

Sharing a stage for the first time, the chief of SCAF in the French Air and Space Force (l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace: AAE), Major General Jean-Luc Moritz, and UK Future Combat Air Director at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Richard Berthon, both highlighted the fundamental importance of interoperability between the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and Tempest combat aircraft that sit at the core of the respective programmes, as well as for their unmanned ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts. For FCAS/SCAF, the combination of the NGF and ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts is known as the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS).

Leaders of both the FCAS/SCAF and GCAP programmes are committed to operability between their respective solutions. (BAE Systems)

Programme leaders from the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (FCAS/SCAF) and Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have promoted the need for interoperability between their rival efforts.

Sharing a stage for the first time, the chief of SCAF in the French Air and Space Force (l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace: AAE), Major General Jean-Luc Moritz, and UK Future Combat Air Director at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Richard Berthon, both highlighted the fundamental importance of interoperability between the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and Tempest combat aircraft that sit at the core of the respective programmes, as well as for their unmanned ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts. For FCAS/SCAF, the combination of the NGF and ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts is known as the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS).

Leaders of both the FCAS/SCAF and GCAP programmes are committed to operability between their respective solutions. (BAE Systems)

Programme leaders from the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (FCAS/SCAF) and Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have promoted the need for interoperability between their rival efforts.

Sharing a stage for the first time, the chief of SCAF in the French Air and Space Force (l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace: AAE), Major General Jean-Luc Moritz, and UK Future Combat Air Director at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Richard Berthon, both highlighted the fundamental importance of interoperability between the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and Tempest combat aircraft that sit at the core of the respective programmes, as well as for their unmanned ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts. For FCAS/SCAF, the combination of the NGF and ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts is known as the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS).

Leaders of both the FCAS/SCAF and GCAP programmes are committed to operability between their respective solutions. (BAE Systems)

Programme leaders from the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (FCAS/SCAF) and Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have promoted the need for interoperability between their rival efforts.

Sharing a stage for the first time, the chief of SCAF in the French Air and Space Force (l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace: AAE), Major General Jean-Luc Moritz, and UK Future Combat Air Director at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Richard Berthon, both highlighted the fundamental importance of interoperability between the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and Tempest combat aircraft that sit at the core of the respective programmes, as well as for their unmanned ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts. For FCAS/SCAF, the combination of the NGF and ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts is known as the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS).

Leaders of both the FCAS/SCAF and GCAP programmes are committed to operability between their respective solutions. (BAE Systems)

Programme leaders from the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (FCAS/SCAF) and Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have promoted the need for interoperability between their rival efforts.

Sharing a stage for the first time, the chief of SCAF in the French Air and Space Force (l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace: AAE), Major General Jean-Luc Moritz, and UK Future Combat Air Director at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Richard Berthon, both highlighted the fundamental importance of interoperability between the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and Tempest combat aircraft that sit at the core of the respective programmes, as well as for their unmanned ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts. For FCAS/SCAF, the combination of the NGF and ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts is known as the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS).

Leaders of both the FCAS/SCAF and GCAP programmes are committed to operability between their respective solutions. (BAE Systems)

Programme leaders from the Future Combat Air System/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (FCAS/SCAF) and Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) have promoted the need for interoperability between their rival efforts.

Sharing a stage for the first time, the chief of SCAF in the French Air and Space Force (l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace: AAE), Major General Jean-Luc Moritz, and UK Future Combat Air Director at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Richard Berthon, both highlighted the fundamental importance of interoperability between the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and Tempest combat aircraft that sit at the core of the respective programmes, as well as for their unmanned ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts. For FCAS/SCAF, the combination of the NGF and ‘loyal wingman' adjuncts is known as the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS).