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Companies want the government to keep spending money on a sixth-generation warplane as existing FCAS contracts end this year.
The German air show is taking place under the shadow of the Iran war and the collapse of the fighter project. Airbus is looking to Sweden's Saab as a preferred partner.
An Airbus-led alliance is lobbying Germany on a fighter jet project, but industry sources say it's not an attempt to launch a new project following the collapse of the Franco-German FCAS program.
Germany has dropped the FCAS stealth fighter project with France after companies involved in the project couldn't reach an agreement.
The Franco-German-Spanish FCAS fighter program has reportedly been canceled. Germany's Chancellor proposed continuing development of the combat cloud communication network.
Germany and France have abandoned the fighter jet component of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) due to industrial disputes between Airbus and Dassault Aviation.
Airbus is exploring alternatives with Saab as tensions deepen over Europe's future air combat plans.