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Three of our GCAP Agency colleagues share their favourite moments from @FIAFarnborough 2026 and discuss the importance of being able to showcase our programme on a global stage. 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧 #FIA26

If you were at Farnborough you might have spotted GCAP across the show, or even better stumbled into our full size replica at stand E016 ✈️. Getting ready for one final push for Pioneers of Tomorrow 🧑‍🚀. See you on Friday! #FIA2026 #Edgewing

Here are some of the highlights from yesterday at @FIAFarnborough including Phil Brooker, #GCAP Agency Programme & Technical Director, talking about the 4 pillars that are integral to our next-gen combat air programme. 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧 #FIA26

Simon Joy, Head of Engineering Governance and Resource for the #GCAP Agency, joined a panel at @atkinsrealis to discuss capability, communication, data flow, security and how AI will speed up decision making for the pilot of our next gen fighter. #FIA26

Phil Brooker, #GCAP Agency Programme & Technical Director, and Giandomenico Taricco, GCAP Agency Commercial & Corporate Director, welcomed @ChiefofAirStaff yesterday to our stand at @FIAFarnborough 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧

Another busy day at @FIAFarnborough where we were delighted to welcome UK Defence Secretary @wesstreeting for a photo in front of our full size replica. 🇬🇧 #GCAP #FIA26

We rounded off a busy day 2 at @FIAFarnborough with a media briefing from the #GCAP Electronics Evolution consortium and Power & Propulsion consortium. Major progress is being made on the technology that will make our next-gen fighter so formidable.

This is how we celebrated the arrival of Canada as our first #GCAP Observer, on day 2 of @FIAFarnborough #FIA26 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧➕🇨🇦

We are delighted to welcome Canada as our first #GCAP Observer! Read the quadrilateral joint statement to find out why this is an important moment for our programme and how Canada will benefit from being a GCAP Observer: canada.ca/en/department-… 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧➕🇨🇦

It's day 2 of @FIAFarnborough where you can visit our #GCAP stand to find out how we're delivering a next generation combat air capability. 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧

Masami Oka, CE of the #GCAP Agency, and Marco Zoff, CEO of @EdgewingLtd, gave a press conference at @FIAFarnborough today. They spoke about the remarkable progress being made in the delivery of a next-gen fighter, for our 3 partner nations 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧 #FIA26

@FIAFarnborough 2026 has officially begun, and we were delighted to welcome Japanese Defense Minister, Shinjiro Koizumi as our first guest at the #GCAP stand. 🇯🇵 #FIA26

Today we welcomed Italian Ambassador Fabio Cassese to our Reading HQ. The visit with #GCAP & @EdgewingLtd leadership highlighted the strong cooperation between 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇬🇧 on the future of combat air. The ambassador also met with Italian personnel working on delivery and innovation.

#GCAP has taken another huge step forward today with a new £4.6 billion contract to support the delivery of a next-gen stealth fighter. Find out more about what this latest milestone means for our partner nations edgewing.com/article/gcap-c… 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇬🇧 @edgewing

Fresh out of our first panel of the year, we can’t help but be excited about what’s coming up this summer.   Two months to Farnborough.   See you there ✈️

We were delighted to return to the @AeroSociety’s Future Air and Space Defence Summit for a panel on #GCAP. Representatives from GCAP Agency, @EdgewingLtd and @IISS_org discussed recent achievements and the future direction of our trilateral fighter jet programme. 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🇯🇵

The first international contract has been placed for the Global Combat Air Programme. 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇬🇧 Find out more about this important milestone edgewing.com/article/gcap-c… #GlobalCombatAir #GCAP

It was a pleasure to host Simon Ellard, GM for NETMA, at the GCAP HQ yesterday. Simon and leadership from the GCAP Agency and @EdgewingLtd discussed a range of combat air topics; sharing learning, ideas and experiences. #GCAP #GlobalCombatAir

We were delighted to welcome Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, the UK @ChiefofAirStaff to the GCAP HQ today. ACM Smyth met leadership from GCAP Agency and @EdgewingLtd, received an update on recent progress and held an interactive town hall with employees. #GlobalCombatAir #GCAP

DM Koizumi attended the Trilateral Defense Ministerial VTC with 🇬🇧 SecDef Healey and 🇮🇹 DM Crosetto to discuss #GCAP on Nov 25. The Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to work closely together to finalize the necessary arrangements for concluding the GIGO-JV contract.🇯🇵🇬🇧🇮🇹