 Both France and French company Dassault Aviation's upcoming Rafale fighter bore a heavy influence on the design of the Avion.During the 1990s, Yugoslavia disintegrated into several different nations, which quickly resulted in the Avion programme being abandoned due to the financial resources necessary to start production of the fighter having become unavailable following the break-up of the country.Reportedly, work had been initially halted due the lack of funding while further efforts were made to acquire foreign partnership arrangements.