while the U.K. and Italy were collaborating on the Tempest fighter. Now that Japan has joined the coalition, the program is known as GCAP. A demonstrator airframe is expected to have its first ...

The Italian Parliament has agreed to support the country's efforts with the UK-led Global Combat Air Program (GCAP). Japan is a ... Originally known as the Tempest while under development in ...

While GCAP involves the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan, the Tempest also falls within the remit of the U.K.’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program. This is a wide-ranging effort that also ...

The GCAP aims to create an advanced ... including those of the UK's Tempest. The changes were meant to improve the ...

The GCAP programme aims to counter a rising threat from Russia and China. The project will merge two different military programs - UK and Italy's Tempest Project Prime Minister Meloni held a ...

Leonardo is also a founding partner of Team Tempest, alongside the UK MOD, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, and MBDA UK. Earlier this year, in July, three nations of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP ...