In the next few weeks, Italy's parliament will have to decide whether to commit substantial resources to the Global Combat Air Programme (Gcap). Rome, along with with the United Kingdom and Japan, is hoping to join a select group of countries capable of designing and governing next-generation combat aircraft systems. It is an expensive gamble, but also an attempt at technological emancipation from the major programmes of the past, in which Italy has often played a subordinate role. The Gcap

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