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UK, Italy, and Japan Accelerate Plans for Next-Gen Fighter Jet

The defense ministers of Japan, the U.K. and Italy agreed to accelerate the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet, and announced that a trilateral government organization would be established by the end of this year to work with the parties producing the aircraft, Japanese officials said Sunday.

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F2 jet fighter flies past during an annual live-fire exerci