PAThe UK’s next generation jet fighter – The Tempest – will be unveiled today[/caption]
SWNSA CGI mock-up of the high-tech jet[/caption]
It will be revealed at Farnborough International Airshow, but is threatened by a government spending review.
Tempest will have a larger wingspan and be equipped with “directed energy weapons” like lasers or radio wave guns capable of knocking out drones.
Set to cost £10billion over the next decade – the jet is reportedly now at risk after the new Labour government announced a review of UK defence spending.
Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard would not guarantee that GCAP would continue to fund the programme.
He told a conference last week that the new fighter scheme was “really important”.
Pollard added: “It is not right for me to prejudge what might happen in the defence review.”
It came as the Army unveiled brand new battlefield tech, including a smart watch that can be used to control a drone.
The wearable kit has been tested by soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment – part of a trial overseen by the MoD’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
PATempest will have a larger wingspan and be equipped with ‘directed energy weapons’[/caption]
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