France's Safran and Germany's MTU to work on new fighter engine

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Safran and MTU Aero Engines of Germany have agreed to develop together a jet engine for a Franco-German fighter, removing a key obstacle to one of Europe's flagship defence projects.Negotiations between the two companies have dragged on for months as the parties debated who should lead the efforts to develop an engine for the strategic Franco-German project.But in a statement on Tuesday, the companies agreed Safran would be "prime contractor" - a term typically used..