Europe's next-generation fighter jet plans are a mess.

Intelligence summary

Europe's next-generation fighter jet plans are a mess. France and Germany's joint project collapsed in June after years of fighting between Dassault and Airbus over who leads. Safran and MTU just ended their joint engine effort too. France says it'll build its own jet — Dassault wants a demonstrator by 2031, but skeptics say it'll be a "Super Rafale," not a true sixth-gen stealth fighter. Germany is left with the embarrassing option of asking to join the UK-Italy-Japan Tempest program as