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 ...

Development for the new Tempest sixth-generation fighter is moving on with some revolutionary concepts. Team Tempest and the Royal Air Force recently held a virtual event to provide an update about ...

About a year ago, give or take, the world learned of a new stealth fighter aircraft being in the works. It is not one being put together in America, like we've gotten used to in recent times, but by ...

Last December, the Royal Air Force Capabilities Office and the branch’s Team Tempest held a virtual briefing to provide updates regarding their forthcoming 6th generation fighter dubbed “Tempest.” ...

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, ...

Tempest is more than just a next-generation aircraft, it’s a connected system designed to respond to future combat environment challenges. UK’s Ministry of Defense has just made a huge step towards ...

Leonardo has contracted 2Excel Aviation to provide a large-body test aircraft as part of the Team Tempest initiative. Leonardo has contracted 2Excel Aviation to provide a 757 testbed aircraft to test ...

LONDON—Britain’s combat aircraft ambitions for the 2030s and 2040s are not compatible with the nation’s finances unless the UK considers developing the Tempest future combat air system as an unmanned ...

BAE proposes a factory of the future that is fully digitized end to end with control rooms monitoring each step of the process. Credit: BAE Systems BAE Systems is making investments in new production ...

With this new contract the Tempest programme will now progress to the next phase that will shape the final design and capabilities of the 6th gen aircraft. The British Ministry of Defence awarded BAE ...

An artist's impression of Excalibur, the 757 flight test aircraft that Leonardo has contracted 2Excel to develop for the Tempest programme. (Leonardo) Leonardo has progressed the large-body test ...