Development work on the British-led Tempest future stealth fighter is gathering pace, including trials of a Martin-Baker ejection seat using a rocket sled. Tests of the crew escape system provide very ...

Summary: The UK’s Royal Air Force is developing the Tempest, a sixth-generation fighter jet, under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, aiming for deployment by 2035. This ambitious initiative ...

Visitors walk past a mockup of the Tempest combat aircraft at the 2019 DSEI defense trade show in London on Sept. 11, 2019. (Sebastian Sprenger/Staff) ROME — Italy has hiked defense spending again as ...

The UK is looking beyond Europe and its traditional partners as it pushes toward a critical milestone for the Tempest Future Combat Air System. With deadlines looming to submit a business case for the ...

The UK’s tightening relationship with Japan around combat aircraft technologies could enable Tempest to make the leap from mockup to reality. Credit: BAE Systems When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio ...

In December, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed a new artist’s rendering of the future sixth-generation “Tempest” multirole fighter jet, which promises to leapfrog the capabilities of the ...