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UK commits more than £8 billion to GCAP fighter programme to advance next-generation air combat capability

The UK committed over £8 billion to the Global Combat Air Programme to develop the 6th-generation Tempest fighter with Japan and Italy. Funding accelerates prototype work toward 2035 IOC. Investment covers airframe, propulsion, AI, and adjuncts. The pledge cements GCAP as a flagship UK defense industrial priority.

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