Mitsubishi Electric Begins GCAP Build-Up for Future Fighter Jet
Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric has started expanding its industrial operations to support the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a…
Why a Pacifist Japan Is Rethinking Its Arms Export Taboo
For almost eight decades, Japan effectively barred itself from selling weapons abroad. As Tokyo dismantles restrictions once seen…
FIA 2026 – Airbus Defence and Space flying high
At a media event held in London during the Farnborough Airshow, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said that there…
What we learned about GCAP at the Farnborough Airshow
FARNBOROUGH — Throughout the week, the trilateral Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) dominated chatter in the show halls,…
Japan’s Defense Minister Calls for Stronger Defense Cooperation at Farnborough Airshow
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi delivered the following keynote address at the Farnborough International Airshow in southern England on…
Canada joins GCAP fighter programme as first observer nation
Photo: BAE Systems Canada has formally joined the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) as its first observer nation,…
New British prime minister gains early defense win with Canada fighter jet tie-up
FARNBOROUGH, England — Britain’s new government secured an early defense win on Tuesday as Canada joined the delayed…
DIP decoded: What the £298bn Defence Investment Plan means for UK industry
The UK’s Defence Investment Plan gives industry its clearest signal yet on how the government intends to turn…
UK’s Starmer unveils $20 billion defense boost in long-delayed investment plan
LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Tuesday to spend an extra £15 billion ($20 billion) to…
UK defense plan to unlock fresh GCAP contract before Farnborough Airshow
ROME — The tri-nation industrial consortium behind the GCAP fighter program is set to get its next major…