GCAP에서 영국의 정보공유 미흡을 비판한 이탈리아

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이탈리아의 귀도 크로세토 국방장관이 이탈리아와 일본과는 달리 영국은 기술을 제대로 공유하지 않고 있다고 깠네요. 

영국은 "우리가 개발해줄 테니까 돈이나 내놓으셔~"란 자세인가 봅니다. 

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| 행위자               | 한 행동                          | 표면적 명분/설명          | 기사에 드러난 효과 또는 의미     |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------- |
| 이탈리아 국방장관 귀도 크로세토 | 영국이 GCAP 기술을 충분히 공유하지 않는다고 비판 | 동맹국 간 기술 공유 필요성 제기 | 영국의 비밀주의를 “광기”로 규정   |
| 영국                | GCAP 핵심 기술 공유를 제한하는 것으로 지목됨   | 원문에 명시 없음          | 러시아와 중국에 이익을 줄 위험 제기 |
| 이탈리아              | GCAP 기술을 전면적으로 공유했다고 주장       | 협력 강화              | 일본과의 대비를 통해 영국을 비판   |
| 일본                | GCAP 기술을 거의 전면적으로 공유했다고 언급됨   | 협력 강화              | 이탈리아와 함께 긍정적 사례로 제시  |
| 귀도 크로세토           | 레오나르도에 기술 공유를 지시              | 모범 사례 제시           | 다른 파트너들의 동참 유도       |
| 레오나르도             | 이탈리아의 GCAP 기여를 주도             | 원문에 명시 없음          | 기술 공유 지시의 대상         |
| 이탈리아 야당           | GCAP 비용 증가를 비판                | 개발 비용 급증 문제 제기     | 국내 정치적 논쟁 촉발         |
| 이탈리아 총리 조르자 멜로니   | 일본 총리와 GCAP 진전 논의             | 프로그램 진전에 대한 만족 표명  | 양국 간 협력 지속 확인        |
| 일본 총리 다카이치 사나에    | 이탈리아 총리와 GCAP 진전 논의           | 프로그램 진전에 대한 만족 표명  | 공동 프로그램 진전 확인        |

로마 — 이탈리아 국방장관은 3개국이 참여하는 GCAP 전투기 프로그램에서 영국이 파트너들과 최첨단 기술을 충분히 공유하지 않고 있다고 주장하며, 영국의 이러한 비밀주의를 “광기”라고 불렀다.

귀도 크로세토는 영국이 6세대 전투기 프로그램에서 이탈리아와 일본 파트너들과 핵심 기술을 공유하지 않는 한, 전 세계의 적대국들에게 이익을 주는 결과를 낳을 위험이 있다고 경고했다.

“이는 러시아와 중국에 엄청난 호의를 베푸는 것이다,”라고 그는 디펜스 뉴스에 말했다.

크로세토의 이러한 비난은 GCAP 기술 공유를 제한하고 있다는 이유로 영국을 지목한 두 번째 사례다.

그는 2025년 4월 로이터와의 인터뷰에서 영국이 “이기심의 장벽”을 허물 필요가 있다고 말한 바 있다.

그는 당시 “이탈리아는 이를 완전히 허물었고, 일본은 거의 완전히 허물었다. 내게는 영국이 훨씬 더 이를 꺼리는 것처럼 보이며, 이는 실수다. 이기심은 국가들의 최악의 적이기 때문이다,”라고 말했다.

이번 주 디펜스 뉴스가 영국의 기술 공유에 대한 주장을 바꿨는지 묻자, 그는 아무것도 변하지 않았다고 답했다.

“그들은 그렇게 하고 싶어 하지 않는다,”라고 크로세토는 말하며, “이런 시점에 동맹국들과 기술을 공유하지 않는 것은 광기다,”라고 덧붙였다.

크로세토는 전투기에 대한 이탈리아의 기여를 이끄는 이탈리아 기업 레오나르도와의 논의에서 본보기를 세우려 하고 있다고 말했다.

“나는 레오나르도에 기술을 공유하라고 지시했다. 다른 이들이 이를 따를지 보자. 그렇게 해서 우리가 첫걸음을 내딛는 것이다,”라고 그는 말했다.

이탈리아 장관의 발언은 GCAP의 진전이 순조로운 것으로 보이는 가운데 나왔으며, 특히 업무 분담을 둘러싼 갈등으로 교착 상태에 빠진 프랑스·독일·스페인 공동의 FCAS 전투기 프로그램과 비교된다.

영국에서는 현재 3개국 GCAP 정부 사무국이 센서, 추진체, 통합을 담당하는 산업 컨소시엄들과 긴밀히 협력하고 있으며, 2035년까지 항공기를 인도하는 것을 목표로 하고 있다.

이번 달 또 다른 변수는 전투기 설계·개발 비용에 대한 이탈리아의 부담이 2021년 예상치였던 60억 유로(71억 달러)에서 186억 유로로 증가했다고 이탈리아가 발표한 것으로, 이로 인해 이탈리아 야당의 비판이 촉발됐다.

그럼에도 불구하고, 이번 달 이탈리아 총리 조르자 멜로니와 일본 총리 다카이치 사나에 간의 회담에서 두 정상은 “글로벌 전투항공 프로그램(GCAP)의 진전에 대해 만족을 표명했다.”

‘Madness’: Italy’s Crosetto slams British secrecy on GCAP fighter jet

‘Madness’: Italy’s Crosetto slams British secrecy on GCAP fighter jet

‘Madness’: Italy’s Crosetto slams British secrecy on GCAP fighter jet

By Tom Kington

 Saturday, Jan 31, 2026

A person walks past the GCAP fighter jet concept design at the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

ROME — Italy’s defense minister has claimed the U.K. is not doing enough to share its cutting-edge technology with its partners on the tri-nation GCAP fighter program and called the alleged British secrecy “madness.”

Guido Crosetto warned that as long at the U.K. refrained from sharing top tech with its Italian and Japanese partners on the sixth-generation jet program it risked benefiting adversaries around the world.

“It’s a huge favor to the Russians and the Chinese,” the minister told Defense News.

Crosetto’s accusation was the second time he has singled out the U.K. for holding back on GCAP tech-sharing.

In April 2025 he told Reuters the U.K. needed to bring down the “barriers of selfishness.”

He said at the time, “Italy has broken them down totally, Japan almost totally. It seems to me that the U.K. is much more reluctant to do this, and that’s a mistake because selfishness is the worst enemy of nations.”

Asked this week by Defense News if he had changed his mind about the U.K.’s alleged reluctance to share technology, he said nothing had changed.

“They don’t want to do it,” Crosetto said, adding, “At a moment like this, not sharing technology with allies is madness.”

Crosetto said that he was trying to set an example in discussions with Leonardo, the Italian firm leading Italy’s contribution to the jet.

“I have ordered Leonardo to share its technology, let’s see if the others follow. That way we take the first step,” he said.

The Italian minister’s comments come as progress on GCAP appeared to be smooth, particularly in comparison with the French-German-Spanish FCAS fighter program, which is bogged down in work share rows.

In the U.K., a tri-nation GCAP government office is now working closely with industrial consortia handling sensors, propulsion and integration, with the aim of getting the plane delivered by 2035.

One other blip this month has been Italy’s announcement that the bill it is facing for designing and developing the jet has risen from a forecast €6 billion ($7.1 billion) in 2021 to €18.6 billion, triggering criticism from Italian opposition parties.

Nevertheless, in a meeting this month between Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and Japanese prime minister Takaichi Sanae, the two leaders “expressed satisfaction for the progress of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).”

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계약서에 업체들의 고유 IP는 공유하지 않을 수 있다고 써 있다네요.

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uk-japan-italy-global-combat-air-programme-gcap-news-analysis.40657/page-60#post-875248

"Prime contractor should assume the possibility that Equipment Designer/Supplier want to avoid sharing proprietary IP and know-how ." ( from NGF contract doc. this part is for relation between contractor-cooperative in JPN. ITA, UK company are not included. )

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FCAS에 비해선 순항하고 있지만 실제 개발완료되고 일감분배는 삼국간에 어떻게 할 지 모르겠네요.