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New NATO Member Sweden Lifts Lid on Future Fighter Studies
The Scandinavian state could buy into the multinational GCAP or FCAS programs, or could develop its own fighter system
Sweden's Koncept för Framtida Stridsflyg program
Sweden's Koncept för Framtida Stridsflyg program mainly evaluates future air combat options. © Saab

As the newest member of NATO and facing the unstable military menace posed by Vladimir Putin's Russia, Sweden has already begun its search for its future airpower. For a while the nation appeared eager to partner in the UK/Italian/Japanese Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), but Sweden has elected not to join.

For now, the Scandinavian state's path centers on evaluating the best way forward for Swedish airpower to make a decision in 2030. Sweden could choose the GCAP—or its Franco/German/Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) equivalent—but it also might pursue a new fighter program independently.

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