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 ...

However, the new British Labour Government has given the go-ahead for the BAE Tempest sixth-generation ... like stealth ...

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.