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Kinda makes sense, out of the 3 nations the UK is the one with most experience with engines. So nobody is really getting shafted.
The UK is the one with the smallest role in the new GCAP Electronics Evolution Joint Venture for the same reason.
>JPN: Mitsubishi Electric
>UK: Leonardo UK
>IT: ELT Group
>these companies will collaborate to provide the next-generation advanced sensing and communications system, known as the Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Effects & Integrated Communications Systems (ISANKE & ICS), as well as the integrated long-term logistics support service (TLSS), which will accompany the system for decades.
>https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/c4isr/dsei-2025-industry-partners-form-gcap-electronics-evolution-consortium
And before some chinkshills/gookshills claim this is not adhering to the 33.3% workshare, this isn't the case as the actual workshare is still properly divided, just in the areas where each nation can actually contribute the most.