Aircraft
Germany Signs Off Funding for FCAS and Poseidon
Parliamentary approval of the 2022 defense budget clears the path for development of the FCAS next-generation air combat system.
An artist's impression depicts a P-8A Poseidon in German navy colors. (Photo: Boeing)
An artist's impression depicts a P-8A Poseidon in German navy colors. (Photo: Boeing)

Germany’s parliamentary budget committee this week approved the defense ministry’s requested €50.3 billion (€60 billion) budget for 2022 in Berlin. The budget includes crucial funding for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) that is being developed jointly with France and Spain for service entry around 2040. Announced via social media by Germany’s defense minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the FCAS funding had earlier been contested in parliament, primarily on account of the system's planned ability to deliver nuclear weapons, and also over morality questions concerning the use of armed unmanned air vehicles.


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