FARNBOROUGH, U.K. -- Britain would consider joining Japan's biggest defense program in decades as both nations seek to deploy a next-generation stealth fighter jet in 2035, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Tuesday.
"We are going to explore all the options for Japan joining us on an FCAS [Future Combat Air System] journey, or us joining Japan on their journey," Wallace said when asked whether merging the Japanese F-X fighter jet program with the British Tempest was a possibility being considered by London.
