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FCAS / SCAF
FCAS / SCAF was the Franco-German-Spanish sixth-generation air-combat project built around a crewed fighter, remote carriers and a combat cloud; its joint fighter collapsed in 2026, while parts of the wider system continue.
Harmattan AI says IRIFI is designed to fly 2,000 kilometers without satellite navigation and finish a mission with no human control; Morocco signed on before payload, speed or price were disclosed.
FCAS / SCAF was the Franco-German-Spanish sixth-generation air-combat project built around a crewed fighter, remote carriers and a combat cloud; its joint fighter collapsed in 2026, while parts of the wider system continue.
Six months after development began, a startup-built electronic-warfare payload on a drone geolocated a radar and cued a Rafale F4 for a simulated strike, the manned-unmanned SEAD chain France wants for its next fighter standard.