As the last decade was nearing an end, the UK unveiled and then expanded an ambitious programme to develop a new class of future combat air systems (FCAS) with the potential to bolster not only its ...

This year’s DSEI brought further good news for the UK’s Tempest programme, with the Italian government and leading industry players signalling their intention to work in partnership on a ...

Fears have been raised about the future of the programme to build the RAF's next high-tech fighter due to disarray over Labour's defence spending plans. The Tempest Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) ...

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 ...