Next-Generation Platforms (FCAS, MGCS, Eurodrone) (Operational Priorities)
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About this report
The drive for Next-Generation Platforms – namely the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) and Eurodrone – arises from NATO’s and the EU’s determination to retain a decisive technological edge over potential adversaries.
After 2014, and especially following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Allied leaders became acutely aware that many Western legacy platforms (from fourth-generation fighter jets to Cold War-era tanks and unarmed drones) could struggle against the modern anti-access and high-tech capabilities being fielded by peer competitors .
Key questions this report answers
- Why do NATO and the EU pursue Next-Generation Platforms—FCAS, MGCS and Eurodrone—to retain a decisive technological edge over peer competitors?
- How do these platforms fit into evolving force posture, readiness models and command-and-control architectures?
- Which capability families and performance requirements distinguish next-generation platforms from Western legacy systems?
- What technology clusters, industrial-base actors and structural bottlenecks shape delivery of these multinational programmes?
Inside this report
- Mission Sets, Theatres, Domains and Scenarios
- Force Posture, Readiness Models and Command-and-Control Architecture
- Capability Families, Tactical Building Blocks and Performance Requirements
- Technology Clusters, Industrial Base, Value Chain and Structural Bottlenecks
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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