Japan and Britain will dominate design and manufacturing on the project, with London's deeper and more recent experience in jet fighter development likely to give it a leading role in organizing the program, say three of the sources
TOKYO, Japan – Japan, Britain, and Italy plan to choose Britain as the headquarters for their next-generation fighter program, four sources in Japan said, putting London at the forefront of a partnership that could expand to include other nations.
“The headquarters will be in Britain, but for the sake of balance, someone from Japan could head it,” said one of the sources, all of whom asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue. GCAP could welcome the country in a more limited role because it would bring money and a lucrative market to a project expected to cost tens of billions of dollars, the three sources said.
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