The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract extension worth £656m to BAE Systems to progress the concepting and technology of the next generation combat aircraft, known as Tempest in the UK.
The new funding will build on the ground-breaking science, research and engineering already completed under the first phase of the contract delivered by UK Tempest partners BAE Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA UK and Rolls-Royce. The UK Tempest partners, working in close collaboration with the MoD, will now progress the maturity of more than 60 cutting-edge…
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