Edgewing Joint Venture for GCAP: Technical and Institutional Analysis

The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is a trilateral initiative (United Kingdom, Italy, Japan) launched to develop a sixth-generation stealth combat aircraft to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Mitsubishi F-2 by around 2035. GCAP was formally announced in December 2022 and codified by an international treaty on 14 December 2023, which establish…