7月，在英格兰法恩伯勒举行的法恩伯勒国际航空展上，一名与会者坐在全球空中作战计划战斗机全尺寸模型的座舱里。
An attendee sits in the cockpit of a full scale mock-up of a Global Combat Air Program fighter jet at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, in July.
本周，在德国国防负责人表达了兴趣之后，柏林加入由日本、英国和意大利三方合作的下一代战斗机项目的讨论随之升温——尽管日本对项目进一步延误的担忧依然存在。
Talk of Berlin joining a trilateral next-generation fighter jet project with Japan, Britain and Italy gained steam this week after the German defense chief expressed interest — though Japanese concerns about further delays remain.
德国国防部长鲍里斯·皮斯托里乌斯与英国国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷周一在柏林举行会晤期间，讨论了德国参与全球空中作战计划（GCAP）的可能性。
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and British defense chief Wes Streeting discussed during a meeting on Monday in Berlin the possibility of Germany participating in the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP).
但皮斯托里乌斯承认，加入这三个伙伴国存在复杂性，这三个国家经过了五年的艰难谈判才就该战机项目达成协议。
But Pistorius acknowledged the complexity of joining the three partners, which held five years of arduous negotiations to reach a deal on the fighter program.