初代トップに岡元防衛審議官　次期戦闘機の開発機関

　中谷元防衛相は１９日夕（日本時間２０日未明）、訪問先のイタリア南部ナポリで英国のヒーリー、イタリアのクロセット両国防相と、次期戦闘機の共同開発を巡り会談した。防衛省はこれに併せ、開発計画を管理する日英伊の政府間機関「ＧＩＧＯ（ジャイゴ）」に関し、初代トップの首席行政官に岡真臣・元防衛審議官を充てる方針を公表した。
　ＧＩＧＯは、現在３カ国が各国企業と個別に締結している契約を一元化し、開発の効率化を担う。将来の輸出管理も行う。本部は英ロンドンに置き、年内に発足する。首席行政官は３カ国持ち回りのポストとし、日本側で初代の人選を進めていた。（2024/10/20-08:26）

Former Japanese Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs Masami Oka will be the first head of a planned international body to manage joint development plans for next-generation fighter jets, the Defense Ministry has said.
   The announcement about the trilateral body among Japan, Britain and Italy, called GIGO, was timed to coincide with a meeting of their defense ministers, Gen Nakatani of Japan, John Healey of Britain and Guido Crosetto of Italy, in the Italian city of Naples on Saturday evening.
   The ministers discussed the joint fighter jet development, known as the Global Combat Air Program, or GCAP.
   GIGO, short for the GCAP International Government Organization, is designed to streamline development by centralizing contracts currently concluded by the three countries separately with companies of each country. It will also manage exports in the future.
   The organization will be headquartered in London and launched by year-end. Its top leadership will be a rotating post among the three countries.