The United Kingdom and France signed a series of contracts, covering unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and air-launched cruise missiles, on 15 July at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014.
The primary contract progresses the joint Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme into a new feasibility phase. The second contract commits both countries to further developing the MBDA Storm Shadow/SCALP ER air-launched cruise missile, which is in service with both nations' air forces. Both contracts were signed by French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and former UK defence secretary Philip Hammond (now UK Foreign Secretary).
The FCAS project was first launched with a two year, pre-demonstration programme preparation phase at the 2012 iteration of the Farnborough Air Show, with France and the UK then agreeing in February 2014 to sign a further feasibility contract at Farnborough.
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