德国国防部长鲍里斯·皮斯托留斯预计，将于2027年3月底前就组建新的空中作战伙伴关系、共同建造下一代战斗机做出决定。此前，法德“未来空中作战系统”（FCAS）项目在今年早些时候被叫停。
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius expects a decision on the formation of a new air combat partnership to jointly build a next-generation fighter jet by the end of March 2027, following the scrapping of the Franco-German FCAS project earlier this year.
皮斯托留斯在接受富凯传媒集团采访时表示，德国航空航天工业应发挥作用，但无法独自完成。他在周六刊发的采访中补充说，德国企业渴望探索与国际伙伴的合作。
Germany’s aerospace industry should play a role but can’t do it alone, Pistorius told the Funke Media Group in an interview published Saturday. German companies would be keen to explore a cooperation with international partners, he added.
这位社民党人说：“桌面上有两个选项。”第一个选项是“参与由英国、意大利和日本共同推进的全球战斗航空计划（GCAP）。我们目前正就此进行磋商。”
“There are two options on the table,” the Social Democrat said. The first would be “participation in the Global Combat Air Program involving the British, the Italians and the Japanese. We are currently in talks regarding this,” he said.
他表示，另一种选择是空中客车防务与航天公司牵头，与其他欧洲伙伴合作开展一个旨在2040年代初实现的项目。
An alternative would be aerospace company Airbus SE undertaking a project in collaboration with other European partners aimed at the early 2040s, he said.
总理弗里德里希·默茨上月访日期间，曾与日本首相高市早苗讨论德国加入英意日项目事宜。他当时表示，GCAP伙伴国间关于协议细节的讨论已相当深入。
Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed Germany joining the British-Italian-Japanese project with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a trip to Japan last month. Discussions among GCAP partners on details of the agreement were already well advanced, he said at the time.
官员在6月表示，一个由八家航空航天和国防企业组成的德国主导财团已向柏林政府提出开发新型战斗机的构想。
Officials in June said a German-led consortium of eight aerospace and defense companies had pitched the idea of developing a new fighter jet to the government in Berlin.
他们补充说，该集团包括空中客车防务与航天公司、Autoflug、迪尔防务、亨索尔特、利勃海尔、MBDA、MTU航空发动机公司和罗德与施瓦茨，并向德国政府发送了一封概述该提案的信函。该集团建议与西班牙和瑞典的国防企业合作。
The group includes Airbus Defence and Space, Autoflug, Diehl Defence, Hensoldt, Liebherr, MBDA, MTU Aero Engines and Rohde & Schwarz sent a letter outlining the proposal to the German government, they added. The group had suggested working together with defense companies from Spain and Sweden.