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Thank you for the kind welcome you showed to me and my team from the United Kingdom. We鈥檙e all delighted to be here.

In 1964, Honda Formula One entered into global motorsport, and the rest is history. Six constructors championships, six driver championships, and in turn 223 podiums and 89 race victories. When I was younger I used to race motocross. I had a Suzuki and was always beaten by Kawasaki.

Britain鈥檚 partnership with advanced engineering in Japan is not new. In fact, it goes over many decades. It鈥檚 a 60 year partnership with Honda and Formula One. And we know that as we go forward with GCAP, it鈥檒l be an equally long and enduring relationship. GCAP is a strategic partnership to create a sixth generation fighter. I鈥檓 excited not only because it鈥檚 a great partnership of these three nations, bridging Europe and the Pacific, but also because we鈥檙e one of the first to lead the sixth generation development.

It鈥檚 going to fuse the best of all of our technologies. And we鈥檙e going to not only be partners but we鈥檙e also customers. I think that is important also to remember. We鈥檙e going to unlock paths and new technologies, new platforms, export markets and potential new partners, but lock in a strategic partnership of liberal open democracies, who believe in the rule of law and upholding international values across the world that are threatened so strongly today. It鈥檚 a global partnership. It鈥檚 not a local partnership.

GCAP isn鈥檛 going to be a short love affair. It鈥檚 going to be a marriage. AUKUS was another project we announced this week - the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, developing the next generation of nuclear attack submarines. That鈥檚 a 20, 30, 40 year programme. And GCAP will also be of a similar length. So when we as the nations committed to this programme, there鈥檚 no going back. 皇冠体育app three partners have to keep each other going with forward momentum. 皇冠体育appre鈥檚 no changing our mind at the end of the decade or halfway through because to do so is to let each other down. People don鈥檛 like letting teams down and nor should they and industry must also share that overall responsibility. Industry mustn鈥檛 look just to itself and its own shareholders. It鈥檚 got to look across because as ministers and Chief of Air Staff, our job is to deliver a requirement to defend our nations and that goes above all else. It goes above individual industry self interest, it will go above shareholder interest and that has to be the overruling principle that must guide this.

So as we progress to the next phases, let鈥檚 remember that at the heart of this it鈥檚 about defending our democracies and our values. It will not only help deliver a sixth generation fighter, but will also help other industries and complement other developments.

GCAP from the United Kingdom鈥檚 point of view, we will be investing 拢2 billion up to 2025 and 拢10 billion over the next 10 years. 皇冠体育app overall development programme will be above 拢25 billion over the next 10 years and they鈥檒l share designs and hopefully get towards development by 2025. And in service to Japan by 2035, a key milestone, a milestone that we must all meet and all deliver for the Japanese. It鈥檚 incredibly important that we don鈥檛 let this slip.

皇冠体育app next milestone this year is the agreement of the system鈥檚 requirements. And I will add my own air force to make sure that the requirements are common amongst all three air forces and kept consistent. 2025 is the development phase and the flying phase is towards the end of the decade or early 2030s. I think it鈥檚 incredibly exciting.

When you look at the lead industries engaged in this, BAE, Mitsubishi, Leonardo, Rolls Royce, IHI. It鈥檚 some of the world leading companies that are going to be contributing to sixth generation capability. I think we should all be incredibly proud we鈥檝e got to this stage, but momentum is important. Keeping our side of the bargain will be very, very important. Unlocking the potential of SMEs to collaborate and recognising that this sixth generation fighter will unlock a whole new hope for global air dominance, global export markets, and lay the foundation for thousands of jobs for all our countries and our taxpayers, who after all, are contributing to make this a reality. Thank you.