The Tempest Programme
Think tank: RUSI
Author(s): Trevor Taylor; Isabella Antinozzi
November 17, 2022
This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at the national and international progress on Tempest on five fronts.
The Tempest programme, within the envisaged Future Combat Air System (FCAS), is of multi-dimensional importance, involving British military capability, advanced technology development, operational independence, international standing and relationships, economic prosperity and long-term defence industrial capability. Four years after the announcement of the programme, this paper is to assess the national and international progress on Tempest on five fronts: capability requirements; technology; government–industry relations; international partnerships; and cost control and digitisation.
