Britain Spent £686,000,000 to Build the GCAP Stealth Fighter With Italy and Japan — Now 4,000 Engineers Could Be Redeployed in 10 Weeks

Britain Spent £686,000,000 to Build the GCAP Stealth Fighter With Italy and Japan — Now 4,000 Engineers Could Be Redeployed in 10 Weeks

Britain’s Global Combat Air Program faces a 10-week funding deadline. The current bridge funding for GCAP — the 6th-generation stealth fighter shared with Italy and Japan — expires at the end of June 2026. More than 4,000 personnel across BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, and Leonardo are working on the project in Britain. BAE executive Herman Claesen warned that companies could be forced to redeploy engineers if long-term contracts are not finalized. T…