Berlin, Paris push companies for fighter jet agreement by mid-December

FILE PHOTO: Scale models of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS / SCAF), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, are seen in Paris, France, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany and France are piling pressure on industrial leaders to find a solution for the troubled joint fighter jet project FCAS - or SCAF - by mid-December, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, one of the sources said the CEOs of the companies involved were meant to agree on a deal by December 18.