Japan, Britain and Italy are merging their next-generation jet fighter projects in a bridge between Europe and Asia that marks Japan's first major industrial defence collaboration beyond the United States since World War Two.
Britain said other countries could join the project, which will replace its Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes and complement its U.S.-supplied Lockheed MartinBAE Chief Executive Charles Woodburn told reporters no other partners were needed.
over leadership, which analysts said left France a central role in the core part of the project, which involves a fighter and cloud-connected drones. The two new platforms would compete head-on with each other and the United States in the global fighter market. "The United States supports Japan's security and defence cooperation with like-minded allies and partners, including with the United Kingdom and Italy," the U.S. and Japanese defence departments said in a joint statement.
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