The UK government has expressed openness to Canada joining a major international effort to build a new fighter jet. This ...

A breakdown of aircraft for the UK, Italy, and Japan show more fighters than needed for the one-for-one replacement of older ...

The head of capability for the Royal Australian Air Force says his office received an informational briefing from the Global ...

The United Kingdom has shown openness to a future partnership with Canada in the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), an ...

Now, however, nations are moving ahead with the sixth generation of combat jets. In the past few months, China has flown its ...

The United Kingdom has retired from service most of its remaining early model Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, ...

Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter ... the Tempest. for deployment in 2035. The joint project, known as the Global Combat Air Program or GCAP ...

For a certain duration, these types and GCAP will have to coexist, as the newest Typhoons will remain in service into the 2060s and be interoperable with the next-generation fighter.

The mid-decade date cited by the programme’s Italian partner corresponds to the planned entry into service of a sixth-generation fighter – named Tempest by the UK – via the GCAP effort.