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Leading UK aerospace and defence companies, plus the country’s Ministry of Defence (MOD), have given an update on the development of their Flying Technology Demonstrator project, a key part of the Tempest programme to develop a sixth-generation multirole fighter aircraft. Tempest is the British designation for the aircraft that is being developed under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which is a joint initiative between the UK, Japan and Italy. Unconfirmed reports state that GCAP will be .
Vital groundwork is going on to produce the UK's next generation supersonic stealth combat aircraft Tempest - even though it could be 12 years before it is up, up and away.