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 ...

GCAP merged the original British and Italian Tempest programme, with the Japanese F-X programme in order to save on development costs for all three nations. BAE Systems CGI Model of Tempest in RAF ...

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.

Tempest is part of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a partnership between Britain, Italy and Japan. It is led by ...