SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME

Lake focuses on the details given by aerospace company BAE Systems on some of the technologies being developed for its Tempest Flying Technology Demonstrator aircraft. The aircraft will support the Anglo-Japanese-Italian Tempest/Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). This demonstrator is due to fly in...

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Published inArmada International Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 40 - 42
Main Author Lake, Jon
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Gurgaon Media Transasia India Ltd 01.09.2023
Subjects
Aircraft
Escape systems
Flight
Pilots
Technology demonstrator
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Lake focuses on the details given by aerospace company BAE Systems on some of the technologies being developed for its Tempest Flying Technology Demonstrator aircraft. The aircraft will support the Anglo-Japanese-Italian Tempest/Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). This demonstrator is due to fly in 2027, but testing of the aircraft's escape system and of its engine and intake duct has already been completed, and ten pilots have now amassed 170 flying hours in 125 sorties, 'flying' the aircraft in the synthetic digital environment. This synthetic flying will provide the crucial evidence that will support real world live flight trials when they begin in 2027.
ISSN:0252-9793
2235-2082