BAC/Dassault AFVG

AFVG
Artist's concept
General information
Type	Interceptor aircraft, tactical strike, reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	United Kingdom/France
Manufacturer	British Aircraft Corporation/Dassault Aviation
Status	Cancelled
Number built	None

BAC/Dassault AFVG (standing for Anglo-French Variable Geometry) was a 1960s project for supersonic multi-role combat aircraft with a variable-sweep wing, jointly developed by British Aircraft Corporation in the United Kingdom and Dassault Aviation of France.

The project was borne out of ambitions to produce a viable combat aircraft that made use of the variable-sweep wing, as well as to promote wider cooperative efforts between France and the United Kingdom. However, neither Dassault nor the French Air Force were particularly keen on the AFVG; the project was further impacted by repeated specification changes and indecision for what roles that the AFVG was to be tasked with on the part of Britain. In mid-1967, British requirements settled upon adopting the AFVG for the Royal Air Force (RAF) for the strike role in the place of the cancelled BAC TSR-2 strike bomber.

The project was cancelled in June 1967, when the French Government withdrew from participation. BAC modified the specification to solely satisfy RAF needs, reconfiguring the design as the UKVG and sought out new partners to procure the aircraft. This ultimately emerged as the Anglo-German-Italian consortium-funded "Multi Role Combat Aircraft" (MRCA), Panavia Tornado, a variable-geometry wing fighter/strike aircraft.