GCAP timeline will not change even if new country joins, Edgewing CEO says
20/07/2026 13:42
GCAP timeline will not change even if new country joins, Edgewing CEO says FARNBOROUGH, England, July 20 (Reuters) - The plan for the new GCAP fighter jet to be in service by 2035 would not change even if a new country joins the British, Italian and Japanese programme, the chief executive of Edgewing, the joint venture designing the jet, said on Monday.
"There is such pressure and such direction from our three governments to keep the timing strict and to deliver that I think we will find a way to accommodate (...) not jeopardizing the final timeline," Marco Zoff told reporters at the Farnborough Airshow.
(Reporting by Sarah Young, Editing by Paul Sandle)
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