SCAF: After NGF failure, is the combat cloud under threat? (opex360.com)

• Germany's national CFSN combat cloud contract awarded to Helsing and partners.
• Planned German LEO military satellite constellation (€10B) distances from IRIS².
• Dassault CEO Trappier skeptical, views cloud as 'water vapor'.

"Germany is pursuing a national combat cloud, the Combat Fighter System Nucleus (CFSN), potentially replacing the multinational SCAF cloud. A €580 million contract was awarded to Helsing (AI), MBDA Deutschland, Rohde & Schwarz, and Hensoldt. Berlin also plans its own LEO military satellite constellation, independent of the EU's IRIS² project. Dassault CEO Eric Trappier expressed skepticism about the combat cloud concept. The future of the SCAF cloud remains uncertain."