A model of the GCAP fighter displayed at DSEI Japan 2023. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)

Japan's IHI Corporation and the UK's Rolls-Royce have initiated development of the engine that will power the proposed future fighter aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

Atsushi Sato, vice-president of IHI's aero-engine, space, and defence businesses, told Janes at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba that the two companies are starting to exchange personnel and technologies following the signing of a joint development agreement in December 2021.

Sato said that the collaborative programme – named the ‘joint demonstrator engine' project – aims to prove capabilities including power generation and thermal energy management in an engine that is sufficiently compact for the GCAP fighter.

“We are now sending IHI engineers to Rolls-Royce and they are sending engineers to us in Japan,” said Sato. “There are a lot of new technologies that need to be validated. Another priority is the design of the engine to ensure it can be integrated into the new fighter aircraft.”

A model of the GCAP fighter displayed at DSEI Japan 2023. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)

Japan's IHI Corporation and the UK's Rolls-Royce have initiated development of the engine that will power the proposed future fighter aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

Atsushi Sato, vice-president of IHI's aero-engine, space, and defence businesses, told Janes at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba that the two companies are starting to exchange personnel and technologies following the signing of a joint development agreement in December 2021.

Sato said that the collaborative programme – named the ‘joint demonstrator engine' project – aims to prove capabilities including power generation and thermal energy management in an engine that is sufficiently compact for the GCAP fighter.

“We are now sending IHI engineers to Rolls-Royce and they are sending engineers to us in Japan,” said Sato. “There are a lot of new technologies that need to be validated. Another priority is the design of the engine to ensure it can be integrated into the new fighter aircraft.”

A model of the GCAP fighter displayed at DSEI Japan 2023. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)

Japan's IHI Corporation and the UK's Rolls-Royce have initiated development of the engine that will power the proposed future fighter aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

Atsushi Sato, vice-president of IHI's aero-engine, space, and defence businesses, told Janes at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba that the two companies are starting to exchange personnel and technologies following the signing of a joint development agreement in December 2021.

Sato said that the collaborative programme – named the ‘joint demonstrator engine' project – aims to prove capabilities including power generation and thermal energy management in an engine that is sufficiently compact for the GCAP fighter.

“We are now sending IHI engineers to Rolls-Royce and they are sending engineers to us in Japan,” said Sato. “There are a lot of new technologies that need to be validated. Another priority is the design of the engine to ensure it can be integrated into the new fighter aircraft.”

A model of the GCAP fighter displayed at DSEI Japan 2023. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)

Japan's IHI Corporation and the UK's Rolls-Royce have initiated development of the engine that will power the proposed future fighter aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

Atsushi Sato, vice-president of IHI's aero-engine, space, and defence businesses, told Janes at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba that the two companies are starting to exchange personnel and technologies following the signing of a joint development agreement in December 2021.

Sato said that the collaborative programme – named the ‘joint demonstrator engine' project – aims to prove capabilities including power generation and thermal energy management in an engine that is sufficiently compact for the GCAP fighter.

“We are now sending IHI engineers to Rolls-Royce and they are sending engineers to us in Japan,” said Sato. “There are a lot of new technologies that need to be validated. Another priority is the design of the engine to ensure it can be integrated into the new fighter aircraft.”

A model of the GCAP fighter displayed at DSEI Japan 2023. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)

Japan's IHI Corporation and the UK's Rolls-Royce have initiated development of the engine that will power the proposed future fighter aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

Atsushi Sato, vice-president of IHI's aero-engine, space, and defence businesses, told Janes at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba that the two companies are starting to exchange personnel and technologies following the signing of a joint development agreement in December 2021.

Sato said that the collaborative programme – named the ‘joint demonstrator engine' project – aims to prove capabilities including power generation and thermal energy management in an engine that is sufficiently compact for the GCAP fighter.

“We are now sending IHI engineers to Rolls-Royce and they are sending engineers to us in Japan,” said Sato. “There are a lot of new technologies that need to be validated. Another priority is the design of the engine to ensure it can be integrated into the new fighter aircraft.”

A model of the GCAP fighter displayed at DSEI Japan 2023. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)

Japan's IHI Corporation and the UK's Rolls-Royce have initiated development of the engine that will power the proposed future fighter aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

Atsushi Sato, vice-president of IHI's aero-engine, space, and defence businesses, told Janes at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba that the two companies are starting to exchange personnel and technologies following the signing of a joint development agreement in December 2021.

Sato said that the collaborative programme – named the ‘joint demonstrator engine' project – aims to prove capabilities including power generation and thermal energy management in an engine that is sufficiently compact for the GCAP fighter.

“We are now sending IHI engineers to Rolls-Royce and they are sending engineers to us in Japan,” said Sato. “There are a lot of new technologies that need to be validated. Another priority is the design of the engine to ensure it can be integrated into the new fighter aircraft.”