Airbus expects the new British government to bring defense cooperation opportunities with European countries, particularly those involved in two major projects on future combat aircraft. The Labour Party won the U.K. national elections on July 4, ending 14 years of a Conservative-led government. According to the ruling party, London will seek a new security treaty...
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Italy Approves $20.6B in 2023 Budget to Fund Weapons Procurement
The Italian government has allocated around $20.6 billion of its 2023 budget to defense spending for the acquisition of new weapons. Rome’s latest budgeting document shows plans to purchase new tanks, fighting vehicles and rocket launchers. According to Defense News, officials delayed the document’s release to accommodate the military’s updated requirements following Russia’s invasion of...
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Germany Denies Leaving Future Combat Air System Project
A German Ministry of Defense spokesperson has denied a report in The Times that Berlin may exit from the Future Combat Air System/SCAF next-generation fighter project it is partnered with France and Spain. The unnamed spokesperson told Breaking Defense that “Germany is sticking to the joint project” and the partnership is building the first FCAS...
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Joint Multibillion-Dollar Jet Fighter Development Sets 2025 Timetable for Sensors
The Global Combat Air Program of multinational companies developing a new jet fighter has set a timetable for designing its sensors, Defense News reported Monday. The radar and other sensors of the planned sixth-generation warplane, involving defense contractors from the United Kingdom, Japan and Italy, account for up to 30 percent of the value of...
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New UK Treaty With Japan, Italy Advances Global Combat Air Programme’s Stealth Fighter Jet
The U.K. government announced on Thursday that it has signed a treaty with Japan and Italy for the Global Combat Air Programme to advance the development of a next-generation stealth jetfighter. U.K. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, along with his counterparts, Japan’s Minister Minoru Kihara and Italy’s Minister Guido Crosetto, signed the treaty in Tokyo. GCAP’s...