German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius lamented the failure of the joint 100 billion euro France-Germany project to build a next-generation European fighter jet — noting his disappointment at an outcome that “hurts a lot.” Pistorius affirmed that Berlin is assessing alternate options and paths for a new fighter jet following the troubled project’s outcome — cancelled nine years after it was launched in 2017. The two countries confirmed on Monday that their ambitious yet troubled Future Combat Air System (FCAS) next-gen fighter jet was scrapped over disagreements between France’s Dassault Aviation and Airbus over which side should lead the project. Pistorius, speaking to reporters at the German Defense Ministry on Tuesday, said that there is a “lesson we must learn” from the outcome, noting that there is “absolutely no reason” to assume that France-Germany relations are strained because of the troubled project. “It was an ambitious, large-scale European project that has now come crashing down in the face of reality. This does not change our relationship with France in the slightest,” Pistorius said, per the outlet stern.de The Minister affirmed that both countries are now convinced that  “with the knowledge we have today, we would no longer set up this project the way it

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