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Intellectual property and workshare complicate the Franco-German fighter programme

The Franco-German fighter dispute concerns control of intellectual property and each country's share of industrial work.

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What happened to the Franco-German next-generation fighter programme?

Short answer

The dispute centres on intellectual-property ownership and the share of industrial work allocated to each country.

Notes

The Franco-German next-generation fighter dispute concerns intellectual-property ownership and the distribution of industrial work. Each country wants to control parts of the programme and retain work for its own industry. Those demands complicate agreement on a shared aircraft.