The defense chiefs of Japan, Britain and Italy on Tuesday agreed to move forward their joint fighter jet development program, a Japanese minister said, after local media reported last week that the new British government might review the trilateral project.Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters in London after talks with his British and Italian counterparts, John Healey and Guido Crosetto, that they also affirmed their countries' establishment of a coordinating body to oversee the program by year-end.The Global Combat Air Program fighter project aims to develop a next-genera…READ FULL ARTICLE
