Japan, UK and Italy join fighter jet project

Japan, Britain and Italy have signed a defence agreement on a new jet fighter, joining forces to fund a multi-billion dollar programme capable of competing with the next generation of warplanes

Three-way collaboration will merge Japan’s F-X project with UK and Italy’s Tempest

Tempest fighter jet
First unveiled at Farnborough Airshow in July 2018


SIXTH-GENERATION FIGHTERS

Tempest
Introduction: 2035
Cost: est. $30bn
To replace: Typhoon
Contractors: BAE Systems (UK) Leonardo (Italy)
 
F-X
Introduction: 2030s
Cost: est. $40bn
Contractor: Mitsubishi
To replace: F-2

Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
Introduction:2040
Cost: est. $103bn
Contractors:  Dassault (France) Airbus (Germany) Indra (Spain)
To replace: Rafale, Typhoo

Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD)
Introduction: 2030
Cost: $4.2bn*
Contractors: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney
To replace: F-22 Raptor

Mikoyan PAK DP
Introduction: 2030s
Cost: Not known
Contractor: Mikoyan
To replace:  MiG-31
*Appropriated so far
Conceptual artwork




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Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, FT, BAE Systems, Mitsubishi, FCAS
Picture: RAF