To significantly improve its air power, China has revealed what it claims to be the world's first flying sixth-generation fighter jet, a large, powerful aircraft with features that suggest a serious ...

The Italian Parliament has agreed to support the country’s efforts with the UK-led Global Combat Air Program (GCAP). Japan is a third partner in the effort to develop an optionally-manned ...

A full-scale model of GCAP was displayed at the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow. The lead industrial partners have agreed a joint venture to deliver this capability for the mid-2030s.

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Sir Keir Starmer risks a diplomatic rift with Japan and Italy as Labour dithers over funding for Britain’s next-generation fighter jet.

Italy's parliament has approved an €8.77 billion funding package for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a joint fighter jet project with the United Kingdom and Japan.

The Global Combat Air Programme was launched in December 2022 to deliver a next-generation fighter by 2035.