CBC: Canada has reached a deal to join the Global Combat Air Program as an “observer,” Canadian government sources said.
The U.K., Japan and Italy are all partners in the multibillion-dollar program to develop and build the sixth-generation fighter jet by 2035.
“It’s a good move to anticipate where we need to be in the future so that we’re not playing catch-up,” retired lieutenant-general Christopher Coates, a former top NORAD commander, told CBC News…