A new intergovernmental agency, named GIGO, has been set up by Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme. (Leonardo)

Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy have signed a treaty to establish a new intergovernmental organisation to advance the joint development of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) sixth-generation combat aircraft.

Japan's Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and his Italian and UK counterparts, Guido Crosetto and Grant Shapps, signed the treaty in Tokyo on 14 December. The new agency is named the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO).

The treaty document said GIGO's mandate is to “pursue the guidance, direction, control, supervision, and management of the GCAP on behalf of the [three countries]”. It added that GIGO's objectives include a requirement to obtain the “best cost-efficiency ratio for the development of the [GCAP] capability”.

A new intergovernmental agency, named GIGO, has been set up by Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme. (Leonardo)

Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy have signed a treaty to establish a new intergovernmental organisation to advance the joint development of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) sixth-generation combat aircraft.

Japan's Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and his Italian and UK counterparts, Guido Crosetto and Grant Shapps, signed the treaty in Tokyo on 14 December. The new agency is named the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO).

The treaty document said GIGO's mandate is to “pursue the guidance, direction, control, supervision, and management of the GCAP on behalf of the [three countries]”. It added that GIGO's objectives include a requirement to obtain the “best cost-efficiency ratio for the development of the [GCAP] capability”.

A new intergovernmental agency, named GIGO, has been set up by Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme. (Leonardo)

Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy have signed a treaty to establish a new intergovernmental organisation to advance the joint development of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) sixth-generation combat aircraft.

Japan's Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and his Italian and UK counterparts, Guido Crosetto and Grant Shapps, signed the treaty in Tokyo on 14 December. The new agency is named the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO).

The treaty document said GIGO's mandate is to “pursue the guidance, direction, control, supervision, and management of the GCAP on behalf of the [three countries]”. It added that GIGO's objectives include a requirement to obtain the “best cost-efficiency ratio for the development of the [GCAP] capability”.

A new intergovernmental agency, named GIGO, has been set up by Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme. (Leonardo)

Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy have signed a treaty to establish a new intergovernmental organisation to advance the joint development of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) sixth-generation combat aircraft.

Japan's Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and his Italian and UK counterparts, Guido Crosetto and Grant Shapps, signed the treaty in Tokyo on 14 December. The new agency is named the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO).

The treaty document said GIGO's mandate is to “pursue the guidance, direction, control, supervision, and management of the GCAP on behalf of the [three countries]”. It added that GIGO's objectives include a requirement to obtain the “best cost-efficiency ratio for the development of the [GCAP] capability”.

A new intergovernmental agency, named GIGO, has been set up by Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme. (Leonardo)

Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy have signed a treaty to establish a new intergovernmental organisation to advance the joint development of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) sixth-generation combat aircraft.

Japan's Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and his Italian and UK counterparts, Guido Crosetto and Grant Shapps, signed the treaty in Tokyo on 14 December. The new agency is named the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO).

The treaty document said GIGO's mandate is to “pursue the guidance, direction, control, supervision, and management of the GCAP on behalf of the [three countries]”. It added that GIGO's objectives include a requirement to obtain the “best cost-efficiency ratio for the development of the [GCAP] capability”.

A new intergovernmental agency, named GIGO, has been set up by Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme. (Leonardo)

Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy have signed a treaty to establish a new intergovernmental organisation to advance the joint development of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) sixth-generation combat aircraft.

Japan's Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and his Italian and UK counterparts, Guido Crosetto and Grant Shapps, signed the treaty in Tokyo on 14 December. The new agency is named the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO).

The treaty document said GIGO's mandate is to “pursue the guidance, direction, control, supervision, and management of the GCAP on behalf of the [three countries]”. It added that GIGO's objectives include a requirement to obtain the “best cost-efficiency ratio for the development of the [GCAP] capability”.