Team Tempest Partners Accelerate Next-Generation Combat air Technologies for UK Defence

Team Tempest brings together the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), BAE Systems, Leonardo, MBDA and Rolls-Royce in a unique partnership, combining government, industry and technological expertise to deliver the next generation of sovereign combat air capability.

Since its launch in 2018, Team Tempest has transformed UK combat air development by accelerating innovation, advancing collaboration and digital engineering approaches, and investing in the advanced skills need to maintain the UK’s strategic advantage in air power.

The partnership also strengthens the UK’s defence industrial base, creating technologies, capabilities and expertise that benefit not only defence and aerospace sectors, but the wider economy as well.

Together, these developments will inform the delivery of GCAP, reducing the risk to the programme, while also ensuring the Royal Air Force remains equipped to meet future operational challenges in an increasingly complex and contested environment.

The work builds on the UK’s sovereign combat air expertise and supports the long-term development of technologies, skills and industrial capabilities that will be critical to delivering GCAP and ensure the UK can maintain Freedom of Action and operational advantage for decades to come.