BAE’s Kennedy, Morrison: UK’s Tempest Fighter Meant to Complement, Not Replace, F-35

Defense & Aerospace Report Interviews Podcast

Andrew Kennedy, head of strategy at BAE Systems Military Air & Information, and Clive Morrison, the business unit’s operational requirements manager, discuss the Future Combat Air Strategy that was unveiled by UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson last week, the plan’s £2 billion Tempest combat aircraft program (led by BAE Systems in conjunction with Leonardo, Rolls-Royce and MBDA), why the aircraft should be seen as a “complementary capability into the future” with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter versus a potential replacement for it and much more during a wide-ranging, July 20, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage was sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.