Spain joins France, Germany on new combat fighter 4 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseSpain will join a Franco-German project to build a new fighter plane to replace the Eurofighter and Rafale, the defence ministry said Monday. The new fighter jet will replace the Eurofighter which is assembled in Germany, Britain, Spain and Italy, and the French Rafale around 2040. A first contract worth 65 million euros was awarded to Airbus and Dassault Aviation in February to develop the design of the combat system. Spain, where Airbus’s military transport planes are assembled, had sent a letter in December to Paris and Berlin asking to be associated with the project.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 12, 2019 00:12 UTC