Expected Impact:
This outcome should contribute to:
- Foster a multi-national European footprint.
- The European Technological growth, connecting FMTC to existing Air Systems and future civil programmes.
- Close capability gaps in line with the EU Member States and EDF Associated Countries' operational needs, providing an alternative to aged fleets.
- Ensure technology maturity and insertion for a mid-2030's tactical mid-sized cargo aircraft solution.
- Reinforce the European strategic autonomy in the military transport segment.
- Develop vital military capabilities in highly contested environments (e.g., tactical transport, airdrop, air assault) against technologically advanced adversaries.
- Develop EU MEDEVAC capabilities and EU disaster relief, and sanitary crisis response capabilities.
- Promote and secure the European technological and industrial ecosystem, based on a potential new aircraft development.
- Enhance cross-border collaboration (from large industrial groups to SMEs) through the opportunities offered by the several elements of the platform and its architecture.
Tactical transport aircrafts are the workhorses of battlefields, fulfilling missions like airdrop delivery, parachutist drop, logistics, medical evacuation (MEDEVAC), air to air refuelling, special missions under harsh and adverse conditions, which are critical for the success of military operations. Operations in hostile environments demand e.g., built in electronic warfare self-protection systems, and set requirements on the platform performance/build up in order to be suitable for the task, and furthermore
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