A breakdown of aircraft for the UK, Italy, and Japan show more fighters than needed for the one-for-one replacement of older ...

There is a competing program on the European continent known as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) which is headed by Dassault and Airbus Defense with the backing of the French, German ...

BAE, Italy’s Leonardo and a Japanese industrial consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established the joint venture in December to oversee developing the fighter jet for a maiden flight by ...

A growing consensus holds that the future of airpower, and of defense technology in general, involves the interplay of crewed ...

The Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) was considered a complete failure, deemed not survivable enough, too lost in changing requirements, and too dependent upon immature yet-to-be-proven ...

atomised and recycled into a nose cone and new compressor blades for Orpheus – Rolls-Royce’s small engine concept that is part of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. The nose cone ...

Two of the UK’s main air domain defence programmes, the Future Combat Aircraft System (FCAS) and E-7 Wedgetail, have been given a ‘red’ rating in the government’s Infrastructure and ...

Global security has undergone radical changes in recent years, with ever-increasing calls for better air defence for Germany and Europe as a whole. So how effective is our air defence and how can we ...

Tom Enders, former Airbus CEO, urges Europe to prioritize new technologies like robotic drones over large arms projects. He stresses the importance of agility in response to potential threats from ...

Only about 10% of military general surgeons experience the patient volume and level of acute cases necessary to remain ...

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is a £1.9bn project working to develop the next generation combat aircraft, known as Tempest, which will replace the Typhoon. Launched in 2018, Team Tempest is ...

Applying MUM-T to manufacturer-agnostic crewed and uncrewed platforms will also help to increase the number of sensors and effectors within a future combat air system.