Originally Posted by
Ohrly
Unless of course you are more than happy to go it alone. The only multi-national FJ projects France has participated in were the Jaguar and Alpha Jet in the 1960s.
It has participated in more (some of which were admittedly canned after they left) but took its ball home when it didn't get its way, AFVG, FEFA (Eurofighter), NMBR-3 but the Germans are also slippery partners e.g. ditching MAW for P-8s, slashing their order once Panavia was firmly a GmbH based in Bayern.
It may not make economic. technological, or programme management sense to have Germany onboard in Tempest but politics may overide them.