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FCAS demonstrator phase to start in 2017

17th December 2016 - 08:57 GMT | by Richard Thomas in London

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Senior officials from the UK and France signed an agreement on 16 December that will enable the next phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme to begin, following a two-year feasibility study.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that the next phase will be a €2 billion (£1.5 billion) demonstrator programme, which will begin in late 2017.

The programme will develop two full-scale UCAS operational demonstrators by 2025 which will be used for operational test and evaluation and, according to the UK MoD, could serve as the basis for a future operational capability beyond 2030.

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