{"id":40527,"date":"2021-09-15T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/15\/japan-could-become-partner-nation-on-uk-led-future-fighter-effort-says-program-director\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:18:58","slug":"japan-could-become-partner-nation-on-uk-led-future-fighter-effort-says-program-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2021\/09\/15\/japan-could-become-partner-nation-on-uk-led-future-fighter-effort-says-program-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan could become partner nation on UK-led future fighter effort, says program director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON \u2014 Japan could be the next partner nation for the trinational, British-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2021\/05\/25\/british-team-tempest-is-itching-to-enter-new-fighter-design-phase-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">next-generation fighter program<\/a>, an official hinted at the DSEI arms trade show in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy are jointly developing cutting-edge technologies to feed into the Future Combat Air System effort. The FCAS is to eventually lead to a core fighter aircraft and a raft of new capabilities alongside it by 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2020, Japan has partnered on elements of the program, but military and industry officials at the biennial DSEI conference in London hinted that the relationship could develop further within the next few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program \u2014 also referred to as Tempest, and separate from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2021\/05\/21\/fcas-developers-chasing-the-sweet-spot-in-mix-of-fighter-drone-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Franco-German-Spanish effort also known as FCAS<\/a> \u2014 is working with Japan on the technological initiative, said the U.K. program director, Air Commodore Johnny Moreton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been in negotiation, conversations and some pilot projects \u2014 nothing necessarily too complex at the moment,\u201d he said while moderating a Wednesday panel on the program\u2019s advantages through international alliances at the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, the Japanese government announced that the two countries had pledged to jointly develop new engine technologies that could inform both the London-led FCAS program, and Tokyo\u2019s F-X effort to build a new sixth-generation fighter jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re doing a joint engine viability study with Japan at the moment, and that\u2019s quite exciting,\u201d Moreton said. \u201cThey have an F-X program that has a very similar time frame to us, 2035; the threat is very similar to the one that we are anticipating, and in terms of an industrial nation, clearly they sit at the top table, as do we.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom and Japan might extend the partnership beyond engine technologies, into electronic warfare and radar capabilities, he noted. However, those are \u201cvery much at a minor stage at this point,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, the U.K., Sweden and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the FCAS project, involving their national industry partners BAE Systems, Saab and Leonardo, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Moreton emphasized that the British military\u2019s work with Japan was an \u201cexploratory partnership\u201d during the panel, the static display of a possible FCAS cockpit just feet away from the podium on the DSEI exhibition floor had four national flags hanging distinctly above it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The close, if still unofficial, partnership between the United Kingdom and Japan on FCAS-related technologies demonstrates that \u201cwhere we see opportunity across the world, we are prepared to embrace\u201d it, Moreton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the FCAS allies and their industry teams are working together to develop the next-generation technologies, the concept of \u201cfreedom of modification\u201d \u2014 where each country has the ability to make its own changes to the future aircraft and systems \u2014 also remains paramount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to be able to upgrade, advance [and] develop our capabilities ourselves, and as sovereign countries inside the partnership, each partner has that goal,\u201d Moreton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s participation is a clear example of that dynamic, said Guglielmo Maviglia, senior vice president for Leonardo\u2019s Tempest program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrying to tightly bound all of this [effort] into a single partnership, I think, is a mistake anyway,\u201d he said on the panel. \u201cSo leaving the flexibility for other partners to join is really important, and Japan provides us with our first test of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 29, the British Defence MInistry announced a \u00a3250 million (U.S. $346 million) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2021\/07\/29\/britain-inks-200-million-contract-with-team-tempest-for-future-fighter-jet\/\" target=\"_blank\">contract<\/a> to launch the FCAS concept and assessment phase with its \u201cTeam Tempest\u201d partners. 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