UK-Italian And Japanese Future Fighter Projects Merging

Credit: BAE Systems
LONDON—The UK and Italy’s Tempest Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project is merging with Japan’s F-X fighter effort, creating a fighter project that will span the globe. The Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) will be an equal partnership to develop a sixth-generation fighter aircraft for the 2040s...

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