16 juillet 2018 | International, Aérospatial

Londres prépare son chasseur face à l'avion franco-allemand

FARNBOROUGH, Angleterre (Reuters) - Le ministre britannique de la Défense Gavin Williamson va dévoiler au salon aéronautique de Farnborough un nouveau projet d'avion de combat, avec un financement déjà prévu de deux milliards de livres (2,3 milliards d'euros), a-t-on appris lundi de source proche du dossier.

L'appareil, qui remplacera à terme l'Eurofighter Typhoon, sera conçu et produit par BAE Systems , Rolls-Royce et Leonardo, a indiqué cette source.

Ce projet britannique, à moins de neuf mois de la sortie prévue du pays de l'Union européenne, apparaît comme une concurrence au projet d'avion de la France et de l'Allemagne pour succéder à l'Eurofighter Typhoon, au Rafale et au Gripen du suédois Saab dans le cadre du programme FCAS.

La Grande-Bretagne discute avec d'autres pays pour trouver des partenaires pour développer l'avion, a ajouté la source.

La Suède est considérée comme le partenaire le plus probable, même si des pays comme la Corée du Sud, le Japon, la Turquie ou des pays du Golfe acheteurs d'armements comme l'Arabie saoudite, sont aussi des partenaires possibles.

Le nouvel avion serait opérationnel d'ici 2035, prêt à remplacer en 2040 le Typhoon, développé dans les années 1980 par l'Allemagne, l'Espagne, la Grande-Bretagne et l'Italie.

Le Grande-Bretagne n'a pas développé d'avion de combat seule depuis les années 1960. Elle a toutefois contribué à développer et à construire l'avion de combat le plus avancé de la flotte britannique, qui est le F-35 américain, sur lequel BAE Systems assure environ 15% du travail sur chaque appareil.

(Sarah Young; Catherine Mallebay-Vacqueur et Cyril Altmeyer pour le service français, édité par Véronique Tison)

https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/londres-prepare-son-chasseur-face-a-l-avion-franco-allemand.N720259

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