Japan, Britain, Italy weigh Saudi Arabia joining fighter jet project

Japan, Britain and Italy are considering inviting Saudi Arabia to join their next-generation fighter jet development project with its financial support, a British government source said Friday.Britain is looking to provide support for engineers in the Middle Eastern nation and its defense industry in return for its financial contribution to the trilateral project, under which the three countries aim to deploy the first jet by 2035, the source said.The source, meanwhile, said Saudi Arabia is unlikely to become an equal partner, as some officials of the other three governments are concerned a…READ FULL ARTICLE