It doesn’t necessarily but probably makes such a programme more affordable and realistically achievable for a country like the UK.Because of how much this project will likely cost how many more international partners at a minimum does the U.K. need to sign up to make it more likely to progress to reality?
Why does adding more partners necessarily make it cost less?
^ has the tempest shape been finalized?
In addition to detection, the Tempest fighter will likely also be able to use its radar for electronic attack. Once a mission reserved for special mission aircraft, thanks to AESA radars, modern fighters can often perform their own electronic attack (EA) missions.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, for example, can already perform electronic attack missions with its radar, including “false targets, network attack, advanced jamming, and algorithm-packed data streams.” Tempest will likely be able to perform even more sophisticated EA missions with an even more powerful radar system.
[...] while the French and German governments have already launched the demonstrator phase of their FCAS and aim to begin flight tests in 2026.
By contrast, Team Tempest is in no rush to fly a demonstrator, or even to lock down the design. “The sooner you lock down the design, the sooner it’s obsolete,” observed Andrew Kennedy, Strategic Campaigns Director for BAE Systems Air.
“Traditionally, the capabilities we could bring to the battlespace were restricted at an early stage by the decisions made in designing a platform,” explained Bancroft. “An aircraft would be designed and built, and then companies like Leonardo would work to equip it with useful technology. If you wanted a specific capability, but it wouldn't fit on the aircraft, then straight away you've got a costly and time-consuming problem to solve. We, as Team Tempest have recognized that this model is no longer fit for purpose.”
Instead, Team Tempest initially aims to concentrate on the technologies and capabilities required, compressing platform development by making extensive and unparalleled use of model-based systems engineering and design.
Any news about the aircraft having infrared or UV missile warning sensors?
The Italian Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, the British Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace and the Swedish Minister for Defence Peter Hultkvist signed a trilateral Future Combat Air System Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding on Dec. 21, 2020. The news was disclosed by the Italian Government only few days ago.
And here we go (I am deeply sorry that this slipped through our net until now) :
The Italian Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, the British Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace and the Swedish Minister for Defence Peter Hultkvist signed a trilateral Future Combat Air System Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding on Dec. 21, 2020. The news was disclosed by the Italian Government only few days ago.
Italy, United Kingdom And Sweden Sign Tempest FCAS Cooperation Memorandum Of Understanding
The three countries agreed to an equal cooperation for research, development and joint concepting of the Tempest FCAS ahead of the Project Arrangement andtheaviationist.com
Secrets of Tempest’s ground-breaking radar revealed
Radar engineers on the sixth-generation Tempest fighter program say they will break data-processing records by way of miniaturization and going digital.www.c4isrnet.com
Secrets of Tempest’s ground-breaking radar revealed
Radar engineers on the sixth-generation Tempest fighter program say they will break data-processing records by way of miniaturization and going digital.www.c4isrnet.com
"machine learning used to combine and process the overall situational awareness picture"
Oh, dear:
"So why did it fly into the side of a truck?"
"It couldn't tell the white surface from the sky, Ma'am."
"And who did we buy the machine-learning software from?"
"Tesla."
"Oh, I thought it was Uber"
"No, that was the previous contractor, when it ran the batsman down on the aircraft carrier because it didn't recognise the dark human behind the bright bats."
"OK let's change the subject. Why are all the Russian and Chinese jets wearing arbitrary strips of gaffer tape?"
"Because it pulls the pixel-changes which create spurious recognition events by our AI. LIke pasting a sheet of paper on the road to make a self-driving car think it's a road marking and change lanes."
"Got it! So what we need is a secondary situational awareness system reporting on the primary situational awareness systems!"
Not suggesting these particular features of ML will still be there, but their more sophisticated brethren surely will.
Stealth automatic terrain following software by Tesla ?Secrets of Tempest’s ground-breaking radar revealed
Radar engineers on the sixth-generation Tempest fighter program say they will break data-processing records by way of miniaturization and going digital.www.c4isrnet.com
"machine learning used to combine and process the overall situational awareness picture"
Oh, dear:
"So why did it fly into the side of a truck?"
"It couldn't tell the white surface from the sky, Ma'am."
"And who did we buy the machine-learning software from?"
"Tesla."
"Oh, I thought it was Uber"
"No, that was the previous contractor, when it ran the batsman down on the aircraft carrier because it didn't recognise the dark human behind the bright bats."
"OK let's change the subject. Why are all the Russian and Chinese jets wearing arbitrary strips of gaffer tape?"
"Because it pulls the pixel-changes which create spurious recognition events by our AI. LIke pasting a sheet of paper on the road to make a self-driving car think it's a road marking and change lanes."
"Got it! So what we need is a secondary situational awareness system reporting on the primary situational awareness systems!"
Not suggesting these particular features of ML will still be there, but their more sophisticated brethren surely will.
There's a story about an AI that was tasked with landing a plane with the minimum force on a simulator. It nose-dived the plane into the ground and the resulting force was so large that it overflowed the register in the computer where the force value was stored causing it to default to a zero. The AI felt this was a success.
Yeah we built Skynet....There's a story about an AI that was tasked with landing a plane with the minimum force on a simulator. It nose-dived the plane into the ground and the resulting force was so large that it overflowed the register in the computer where the force value was stored causing it to default to a zero. The AI felt this was a success.
Skynet gonna proud of her boi.
Flowers are good for all sides of the world .Yeah we built Skynet....There's a story about an AI that was tasked with landing a plane with the minimum force on a simulator. It nose-dived the plane into the ground and the resulting force was so large that it overflowed the register in the computer where the force value was stored causing it to default to a zero. The AI felt this was a success.
Skynet gonna proud of her boi.
Reminds me of something I say at work, when say things like "oh for God's sake" about something (usually related to the management)
"You do realise we work for the other side"
Thats almost kobayashi maru levels of deviousness...There's a story about an AI that was tasked with landing a plane with the minimum force on a simulator. It nose-dived the plane into the ground and the resulting force was so large that it overflowed the register in the computer where the force value was stored causing it to default to a zero. The AI felt this was a success.
Production of the RAF's new unmanned high-speed combat drone is set to begin in Northern Ireland in a £30million project.
Nicknamed the 'loyal wingman', the aircraft will be designed to fly alongside fighter jets, armed with surveillance and electronic warfare technology to provide a battle-winning advantage over hostile forces.
Lots of the Tempest push is around increased interest in STEM and engineering careers amongst young people. The press releases aren't necessarily aimed at the members of this forum.Is it me or Tempest is by far the most clouded by buzzwords and bragging desighn out of all modern aircrafts? "It has mind-blowing radar!" when work on radar isn' even properly begun. "Production of Loyal Wingman is set to start!" when only 30 mil invested into draft project noone knows what (if anything) will come from. And so much more...