was approved by the German parliament budget committee. It set up the industrial distribution of the first five subprograms. Development Initial Demonstrator Phase 1A - Initial framework contract Dassault, Airbus, together with their partners MTU Aero Engines, Safran, MBDA and Thales, were awarded the initial framework contract which launches the demonstrator phase. Beginning February 2020 it is expected to cover a period of 18 months of research and development. While it assigned different roles to the above-mentioned companies, Spain was left out: Next Generation Fighter (NGF), with Dassault Aviation as prime contractor and Airbus as main partner Unmanned systems Remote Carrier (RC) with Airbus as prime contractor and MBDA as main partner Combat Cloud (CC) with Airbus as prime contractor and Thales as main partner Engine with Safran and MTU Aero Engines as main partner Phase 1B Additional suppliers will be involved. See also Global Combat Air Programme Next Generation Air Dominance F/A-XX program Mikoyan PAK DP HAL AMCA I3 fighter KAI KF-21 Boramae TAI TF-X HAL Combat Air Teaming System References External links Proposed aircraft of France Proposed aircraft of Germany Proposed military aircraft French fighter aircraft New Generation Fighter New Generation Fighter Stealth aircraft Twinjets Tailless delta-wing aircraft France defense procurement Carrier-based aircraft Spanish fighter aircraft