GCAP Fighter For Canada? The F-35 Has Something to Say About That

GCAP Fighter For Canada? The F-35 Has Something to Say About That

Canada's interest in joining the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) for a sixth-generation fighter, driven by desires for strategic diversification away from the US F-35 under Prime Minister Mark Carney, faces a critical flaw: the timeline.

DSEI Japan 2025: New details emerge on upcoming GCAP joint venture

GCAP is “working hard to establish the joint venture…once this is established it will be possible for the governments of each country to establish a cooperative relationship with each company, rather than having separate relationships”, Mr Tomohiro Kawada, Director of GCAP – Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) at the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced at the event. Individual equipment manufacturers will then be selected by the…