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The second joint international contract was awarded today for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), the next-generation fighter aircraft development programme between Italy, Japan and the UK.

The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has brought together three nations to secure the skies of the future. But as a complex military programme, underpinned by some of the world’s most advanced engineering, GCAP has also generated its fair share of acronyms and jargon as the project evolved. To make the language surrounding GCAP as accessible as possible, we’ve put this guide together to lay out the most important terms, names and acronyms and address some common misconceptions.

The first joint international contract has been awarded for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) - an international collaboration between Italy, Japan and the UK to deliver a next-generation combat aircraft.