French media reported that Eric Trappier, CEO of French aviation giant Dassault, said on the 23rd that the company has the ability to independently develop the sixth-generation fighter without cooperation with other European countries.

According to AFP, Trappier responded on 23rd on whether Dassault could develop the six-generation aircraft on its own: "We know how everything should be done throughout the process. Over the past 70 years, we have proven this.

¡°From the management point of view, I don¡¯t accept three people sitting together to decide all the technical details of an advanced aircraft,¡± Trappier said, ¡°I don¡¯t care if the Germans are complaining.¡±

The sixth-generation European fighter aircraft "Future Air Operations System" project was launched in 2017 and was jointly developed by France, Germany and Spain to replace the French "Typhon" fighter aircraft and the "Typhon" fighter aircraft developed jointly by Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Dassault, Airbus and Indra, which participated in the six-generation aircraft program in Europe, represent the interests of France, Germany and the West respectively. The French news agency and Spanish media that the conflict between Dassault and Airbus caused the project to become stagnant. The Dassault-led French enterprises demanded greater leadership, and the German side was angry at the attitude of the French side towards cross-European cooperation. Reuters in July, citing sources, said that about eight-thirds of the work on the project should be developed by the French side.

In the last century, France once jointly developed Eurofighter with Germany, Spain and other countries, but withdrew halfway, and then two fighters, Rafale and Typhoon, appeared in Europe.

With regard to the six-generation aircraft project in Europe, Airbus also expressed doubts about the possibility of continuing its cooperation with France, and I believe that the project will continue even without Dassault,¡± Thomas Prattler, chairman of the Airbus Defense and Space Labour Committee, told the German newspaper, ¡°There are other more attractive and more suitable partners in Europe.¡±