The Future Combat Air System (FCAS, French: Système de combat aérien futur; SCAF) is a European combat system of systems under development by Airbus and Dassault Aviation. The FCAS will consist of a Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) as well as other air assets in the future operational battlespace. The NGWS's components will be remote carrier vehicles (swarming drones) as well as a New Generation Fighter (NGF) - a sixth-generation jet fighter that by around 2035–2040 will replace current France's Rafales, Germany's Typhoons and Spain's F-18 Hornets. A test flight of a demonstrator is also expected around 2025 and entry into service around 2040.

The Future Combat Air System is a key instrument in ensuring future European autonomy and sovereignty in defence & security. Furthermore, it strengthens Europe as an industry and technology hotspot, not just in the defence sector, but with important spill-overs into the civilian world.
Scope of the Global Future Combat Air System Market Study Includes:
Market Introduction
History
Development
Supporting Factors
Issues with FCAS
Key Technology Area
Recent News related to FCAS
Key Companies
Current Market Scenario:
In 2017, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron took a decision to develop a joint European Air Defence System of the next generation.

At ILA 2018, the German and French Defence Ministers, Ursula von der Leyen and Florence Parly, signed a “High Level Common Operational Requirements Document” (HLCORD), defining the common expectations and requirements for a Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS) within a FCAS. In parallel, Airbus and Dassault Aviation, in their roles as National Industry Primes for Germany and France, agreed on a wide-ranging transnational industry collaboration to jointly lead this ambitious project, with Dassault Aviation leading the development of the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and Airbus Defence and Space as the main partner. In turn, Airbus is in charge of Remote Carriers (RC) with main MBDA as main partner and the System-of-System/Air Combat Cloud (SoS/ACC) with Thales.

In February 2019, transactional contract was signed for FCAS and in 2020 technology development & maturation for a FCAS started.
Factors Affecting Market:
Driving factors such as support of governments, advancement with technologies and development of futuristic fight aircraft are helping this market to grow significantly.

Market factors such as cost, difference in government ambition and difficulty in collaborative programs is restraining market from growth
Companies Involved:
Airbus
Dassault Aviation
BAE systems
MBDA
Safran
MTU