Posts Tagged ‘Tempest’
The UK will work with Italy and Japan to adapt and respond to the security threats of the future, through an unprecedented international aerospace coalition announced by the Prime Minister. The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is a new partnership and ambitious endeavour between the UK, Japan and Italy to deliver ...
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth approximately £250m to progress the design and development of Tempest, the UK’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The contract, signed by BAE Systems, officially marks the start of the programme’s concept and assessment phase. Continued funding of Tempest underlines the UK Government’s ...
The Defence Minister, Jeremy Quin, has outlined how more than £2 billion of investment in the Tempest programme will power the next phase to build a world-leading new combat air system in a keynote speech at RUSI. The Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper set out the vital importance of the ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced the publication of the new Combat Air Strategy at the Farnborough International Airshow – setting out Britain’s ambition to remain a world-leader in the combat air sector and to protect key skills across the UK industrial base. As part of the strategy, the Defence Secretary unveiled ...
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