Leonardo signs up for GCAP with UK and Japan

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 15 - Italian aerospace giant Leonardo on Wednesday signed up for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) with the UK and Japan to build a sixth-generation fighter aircraft.
    Leonardo and Elettronica for Italy, Leonardo UK for the UK, and Mitsubishi Electric representing Japan, signed the deal at the DSEI Japan show for a "collaboration agreement between international industrial partners in advanced electronics for the Global Combat Air Programme," the Italian company said.
    "The teams," a statement said, "will collaborate to shape the ISANKE & ICS domain, the advanced electronics aboard the GCAP platform that will provide the aircraft crew with an advanced level of information superiority and self-protection capabilities." (ANSA).