Bae Team Tempest
Bae systems rolls royce leonardo and mbda.
Bae team tempest. According to a statement from the project team this is the first phase of organisations to sign such agreements with more to be announced. The new members of team tempest will join forces on established projects and development work with core members bae systems leonardo uk mbda uk rolls royce and the ministry of defence bringing. Under team tempest leonardo is working with the raf rapid capability office bae systems rolls royce and mbda to provide the technologies knowledge skills and expertise to develop a next generation combat air system capable of operating in the 2040 environment. The bae systems tempest is a proposed fighter aircraft concept that is under development in the united kingdom for the british royal air force and the italian air force ami.
Team tempest powering the next generation watch our ability to develop cutting edge technologies to meet global power needs teamed with our advanced power and propulsion systems means we will play a major part in the next generation fighter jet strategy to ensure team tempest leads the world in the combat air sector. Williamson and bae systems in fact made three announcements that were conflated into one by most of the coverage at the time. The farnborough reveal was not as simple as it seemed. The companies involved include bombardier belfast collins aerospace ge aviation uk gkn aerospace martin baker qinetiq and thales uk.
These were interlinked so reporting the existence of project tempest was the simplest way to report the story. Team tempest is a uk partnership that brings together core partners representing the very best of british industry bae systems leonardo uk rolls royce mbda uk and the mod working in partnership to generate the technologies and experience required for the uk to lead the development of a next generation combat air system. Concept image of tempest. It is being developed by a consortium known as team tempest consisting of the uk ministry of defence bae systems rolls royce leonardo s p a.
Team tempest is made up of a group of industry partners. And mbda and is intended to enter service from 2035 replacing the.