(Luft) Future Combat Air System (FCAS) und New Generation Fighter (NGF)

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Zusätzlich endet die Stop Gap Finanzierung Ende Juni

NikkeiAsia:UK faces doubts and deadline over fighter jet program with Japan, Italy

But nearly four years into the project, uncertainty over Britain's long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has raised concerns among partners over whether the first Europe-Asia fighter jet program can remain on schedule. Japanese officials have expressed frustration over Britain's delays in making the funding commitments, the Financial Times reported recently.
Part of the reason for Britain's slowness is that Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made it her remit to maintain strict fiscal rules aimed at controlling spiraling borrowing costs.
In March, London approved its contribution to a 686 million-pound ($922 million) stopgap fund to support design and engineering work until the end of June. This will allow time for an agreement on a longer contract reported to be worth about 6 billion pounds.

Japan insbesondere pocht auf das 2035 Datum und ist sehr skeptisch gegenüber jeder Verzögerung.

"Japan fears that the U.K.'s DIP delay will [postpone] the 2035 in-service target for the fighter jet, while the security situation in the Indo-Pacific continues to deteriorate," said Robert Ward, Japan Chair senior fellow for Japanese security studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.