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 ...

The Tempest will be one of the world's most advanced aircraft - BAE Systems/PA The aerospace giants developing Britain’s next generation Tempest fighter jet have unveiled a new design of the aircraft ...

Meet Tempest: In September, the UK’s BAE Systems, Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Italy’s Leonardo agreed to the next steps to deliver the concept phase of a next-generation combat aircraft.

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 ...

The companies building the UK's Tempest sixth-generation fighter aircraft have revealed some of the technological concepts that it will incorporate, including a radar system designed to handle as much ...

While the United States led the way in developing fifth-generation jet fighters with the introduction of the F-22 Raptor in 2005, it's hardly the only nation working on next-gen aircraft. China, ...

The sixth generation of supersonic stealth fighter planes is on its way. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that the British-led Future Combat Air System initiative's Tempest fighter ...

The consortium hope to produce a ground-breaking fighter jet capable of connecting via a "combat cloud" with its own drones and other military warfare assets ...

If you live in the U.K. it’s obvious that a defence review is about to occur, even in a news cycle seemingly consumed by a global pandemic and an imminent U.S. presidential election. This time ...

BAE Systems said Tempest, the British-led project to build a new fighter jet, will sign international contracts with partners Italy and Sweden by the end of this year and talks were ongoing with Japan ...

The U.K.’s future fighter jet, Tempest, is being designed around a new radar system capable of collecting up to 10,000 times more data than earlier radar systems—then analyzing it aboard the airplane ...