Air International 2021-10
R.Coppinger - Powering the future
Safran expects the Rafale's existing M88 engine to benefit from the NEFE work
As Europe's largest defence programme in the coming decades, FCAS aims to push innovation and technological boundaries
Dassault Aviation and Airbus unveiled a mock-up of the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) fighter at the 2019 Paris Airshow. The aircraft will require a new type of propulsion system
The NGWS is intended to deliver a sixth-generation fighter into a number of European air forces, and will require a leap forward in terms of jet engine technology
The NGWS fighter is a 'system of systems' approach that will incorporate swarming Remote Carrier loyal wingman drones
Rolls-Royce is taking the lead on the engine for the UK’s Tempest programme for a fifth-generation platform
The FCAS Remote Carrier drones could share sub-systems with the FCAS NGWS fighter, including propulsion