Backtrack? Why Boeing’s F-47 Is Being Considered Over This Homegrown 6th-Gen Fighter

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Japan has long been one of the most enthusiastic partners in the Global Combat Air Programme, but patience in Tokyo is wearing thin. A £28 billion hole in the UK’s defense budget has cast a long shadow over the 2035 in-service deadline, and with Boeing’s F-47 entering rapid development across the Pacific, the trilateral fighter project is facing what may be its most serious geopolitical stress test yet. This article examines how the funding crisis unfolded, what the F-47 means for GCAP’s future, and whether Japan might eventually have to choose between its European partnership and an American alternative.

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