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# Spain drops F-35 purchase, turns to Eurofighter or FCAS instead
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-06-spain-drops-f35-chooses-european-fighters/
- Published: 2025-08-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:17.000Z
- Description: Spain's Ministry of Defence ruled out buying US made F-35 jets, saying it will direct most of this year's extra EUR 10.5 billion defence budget to European suppliers, choosing between Eurofighter and the FCAS programme.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Breaking Defense, 6 August 2025](https://breakingdefense.com/2025/08/spain-rules-out-f-35-order-prioritizes-eurofighter-and-fcas/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish a signed contract or a timeline for which aircraft Spain will actually order.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)