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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jasper Jolly

UK to work with Japan on supersonic Tempest fighter jet

A model of the Tempest fighter jet at the Farnborough airshow in 2018.
A model of the Tempest fighter jet at the Farnborough airshow in 2018. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

The UK government has announced that it will work with Japan on plans for its next-generation Tempest fighter jet as executives from across the aviation industry gathered in the sweltering heat for the start of the Farnborough airshow.

The first demonstrator Tempest aircraft – capable of supersonic flight – will fly “within the next five years” to test features such as stealth capability.

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