There has been talk of both the European projects being amalgamated into one, but I can't see why a continent with the highest GDP on the planet cannot sustain two separate future fighter programmes.
For sure they will take market share from each other in the international export market, but so what? That already happens with the Typhoon, Rafale and Gripen and yet all three projects have secured export sales and have each sustained themselves and the defence aerospace expertise of their respective nations.
Besides, I can't see either the French/Germans or the UK giving way.
Thoughts?