A spokesman for BAE Systems said: “Tempest and the Global Combat Air Programme ... which were cut to their smallest size since the Napoleonic era under the Tory government.
The UK’s future flagship jet, known as Tempest, is set to be ... The jet, roughly the size of a tennis court, is being built ...
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.