Asked about concerns the Tempest programme could be scaled back, a BAE spokesman said: “Tempest and the Global Combat Air Programme will preserve critical sovereign combat air capability and ...

The program, launched in 2018, is led by the UK's giant BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo, and missile producer MBDA. Tempest will be a stealth fighter expected to utilize a modular design that ...

The push to combine the Japanese F-X program, led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), with Britain’s Tempest, managed by BAE Systems PLC, by December has not previously been reported.