UK-based 2Excel Aviation is gearing up to begin the next stage of conversion work that will see a Boeing 757-200 transformed into a flying testbed in support of the country’s Tempest Future Combat Air System after gaining a contract from Leonardo for the activity.
It s the price tag.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Britain might be able to pull off creating a powerful new stealth fighter, but the price tag might mean London will have to cut purchases of the American-made F-35 stealth jet.
The United Kingdom is forging ahead with its ambitious project to produce a home-grown stealth warplane, even as it strives to retain its status as one of the core partners in the F-35 stealth fighter jet program.
London is doubling down on plans to indigenously produce its upcoming BAE Systems Tempest jet fighter, a next-generation successor to the United Kingdom’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet. In a March 2021 Command Paper to Parliament, the British Ministry of Defense (MOD) reiterated that the Tempest fighter will be a major procurement priority into the coming decades. “Tempest will exploit our unique industrial base to create a 6th generation combat air enterprise centred in the UK,” the paper reads. “This fully digital enterprise will
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