The problem in this case is really Dassault. There are framework agreements signed and they are not even close to giving 80% of the work share to France as Dassault wishes. Given where the project is right now, this probably means that Germany and Spain really reconsider joining Tempest. As both have worked previously on Eurofighter with the UK and Italy. That project certainly worked out well.
We saw Germany and France working together on Tiger and A400M. Those have been run by Airbus though, which is obviously capable of easily handing out production to all countries involved. That is also why Airbus is so interessted in Dassault. Buying them would allow them to design fighter jets, while they can easily move production to their factories all over Europe. The probably better alternative is Dassault buying or merging with other European defense companies to develop a rival to Airbus.
The problem in this case is really Dassault. There are framework agreements signed and they are not even close to giving 80% of the work share to France as Dassault wishes. Given where the project is right now, this probably means that Germany and Spain really reconsider joining Tempest. As both have worked previously on Eurofighter with the UK and Italy. That project certainly worked out well.
We saw Germany and France working together on Tiger and A400M. Those have been run by Airbus though, which is obviously capable of easily handing out production to all countries involved. That is also why Airbus is so interessted in Dassault. Buying them would allow them to design fighter jets, while they can easily move production to their factories all over Europe. The probably better alternative is Dassault buying or merging with other European defense companies to develop a rival to Airbus.