Global Combat Air Program (GCAP)

Executives from BAE Systems, Leonardo, MBDA and Rolls-Royce argue that the UK should not rely on other nations when it comes to defense procurement.

Sweden is beginning to ponder what follows the Gripen as it looks to preserve its national combat aircraft development capability.

The Japanese cabinet has relaxed the country’s arms export restrictions.

Digitalization and development of space and cyber are the heart of Leonardo’s restructuring and growth, CEO Roberto Cingolani says.

Japanese lawmakers will revise the country’s arms export restrictions, a key step to enable the export of the trilateral GCAP.

The possibility of future GCAP exports dominated a March 7 meeting by the Komeito Party’s Diplomacy and Security Investigation Committee.

Senior BAE Systems executives hope to finalize negotiations on work share, work allocation and work locations for the trinational Global Combat Air Program by the summer.

Could the opening to Saudi Eurofighter sales also pave the way for an A400M deal?

China’s own upgrades are driving other nations in the region toward change.

Italy, Japan and the UK's Global Combat Air Program developing a sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft will be headquartered in London, the nations say.

Investments into Eurofighter’s long-term evolution could support European FCAS plans, industry says.

Facing tight deadlines and a rapid pace of development, GCAP’s industry partners seek the right ingredients for a joint workflow.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A policy review document released this week shows it will take seven years to complete.

Industry partners in the three-nation Global Combat Air Program have reached a further collaboration agreement.

QinetiQ is adapting the four-engine airliner to become an Airborne Technology Demonstrator to support radar and sensor integration work for future programs.

Next-generation fighters will be available when Australia searches for a replacement for a squadron of Boeing F/A-18E/Fs in the mid-2030s.

Eurofighter upgrades are being paced by the four nations’ future combat air programs and national needs.

Leonardo has been awarded a €134 million ($151 million) contract that will enable aerospace engineering company 2Excel Aviation to begin modifying the Boeing 757 airliner.

European missile manufacturer MBDA's Orchestrike technology will allow multiple weapons to communicate their status and position to each other­.

The UK's crewed, supersonic, low-observable demonstrator will use the Eurojet EJ200 engine from the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Excel purchased two Boeing 757s to support the development of the FTA, named Excalibur, under contract from Leonardo.

Avio Aero is the Italian propulsion partner on the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), along with the UK’s Rolls-Royce and Japan’s IHI Corporation.

The £656 million ($822 million) contract was awarded to BAE Systems on April 14.

Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric, Leonardo UK and both Leonardo and Elettronica from Italy are collaborating on the Global Combat Air Program’s (GCAP) electronics.