Spain, France, Germany to build fighter plane

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Teachers wave placards during a strike rally on the west steps of the state Capitol, Monday ( Tuesday in Manila) in Denver. The strike is the first for teachers in Denver since 1994 and centers on base pay. MADRID: Spain would join a Franco- er plane to replace the and the defense ministry said Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

Defence Minister Margarita Robles would sign a letter of intent with her French and German counterparts on Thursday on the margins of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting in Brussels, a spokeman said.

The project launched in July 2017 is known as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), which, in addition to a new combat aircraft also plans to include drones and cruise missiles.

in Germany, Britain, Spain and Italy, and the French Rafale around 2040. It will compete with the US or its successor.

euros was awarded to Airbus and Dassault Aviation in February to develop the design of the combat system.

Spain, where Airbus’s military transport planes are assembled, had sent a letter in December to Paris and Berlin asking to be associated with the project.

The FCAS has a rival — Britain’s Tempest project, which has been awarded to BAE Systems, and which Italy and the Netherlands have also joined.

In a December statement, Spain’s defense ministry said it was “convinced that the two programmes would end up merging, given the huge investment needed in their development.”