is interested in becoming a member of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter program.
The catch of all this is a recent alert for not to be part of this program, which comes from one of the directors of Airbus, a competitor of Boeing.
The director in question is Dirk Hoke, who is the executive director of Airbus Defense and Space, according to him. “As soon as became an F-35 country, cooperation on all fighter jet issues with died,” said Hoke in a conversation with Welt Am Snntag ahead of the International Aerospace Exhibition in Berlin.
Director Hoke's alert is also linked to , because if opts for the purchase of the fifth generation F-35 fighters, this would generate problems between the two countries, related to a new Franco-German development fighter that could go even higher Europe's defense level.
There are still few details of the Franco-German fighter, but it is something that must happen, not least because heads of both nations are involved, both French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
Currently, has two important aircraft in fighter aviation, one for ground attack, the Panavia Tornado and the air superiority one, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the latter being linked to Airbus, both in development and construction.
