>>64254623
That's just false, Leonardo UK has no independence outside of short term local management, strategic direction, R&D frameworks and major capital decisions flow is still managed by Leonardo. It's quite literally, a subsidiary.
>>64254667
>Rest of the plane especially the engine will have wholly British companies working on it
There is not a single aspect of GCAP that will have only a single nation working on it. The workshare of a nation within a segment can be greater than the others like with the Engines Consortium being mostly UK led, but not by much. It's the same approach we had for the Tornado and Eurofighter.