Some more news and speculations.
Imagine if MS really pulls it off - whole world rendered in great detail. They have the potential - Bing maps, Azure AI, all the servers. They have the technology. We may finally see a proper AAA flight sim done by a big studio with proper financial backing and tools to support their developement. Now imagine after releasing the base game thay start dropping off more military oriented content in that new engine - new Combat Flight Simulator 