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2026
10 September

ReleaseGCAP Electronics Evolution receives contract to deliver sensing and communications capability to next-generation fighter aircraft

20 July

ReleaseThe Consortium for the GCAP Power and Propulsion System progresses towards ground-testing engine demonstrator

8 July GCAP aims to deliver the stealth fighter to Italy, Japan and the UK by 2035.

Edgewing wins £4.6 billion GCAP design contract

The 18-month agreement covers completion of the concept and assessment phase and further detailed design work for the trinational fighter aircraft.

9 April Masami Oka, GCAP Agency Chief Executive, and Marco Zoff, Edgewing CEO, formalise the programme’s first international contract under the Global Combat Air Programme.

Edgewing edges ahead with £686m GCAP award

The international venture GCAP will deliver a next-generation stealth combat aircraft, supporting defence industries across the UK, Italy and Japan to address evolving global threats.

2025
9 September

ReleaseGCAP consortium expands partnership toward first flight

9 September

ReleaseIndustry partners form GCAP Electronics Evolution consortium to deliver sensing and communications for next generation fighter

24 July More than 300 hours have been flown in a bespoke simulator by test pilots and engineers.

BAE reaches full-scale Combat Air Demonstrator design milestone

The UK’s first piloted supersonic demonstrator in four decades is now two-thirds structurally complete with wings and tail fins in build.

24 April

ReleaseSafran opens new engineering and support facilities in Gloucester, UK

2022
14 December Conceptual images of the next-generation fighter.

UK, Italy and Japan combine for future fighter development

The programme will build on progress already made by BAE Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA UK, Rolls-Royce and the UK Ministry of Defence as Team Tempest, as well as MHI's proposed future fighter aircraft (F-X).