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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.

Tempest, designed to be the long-term replacement for the Typhoon fighter, is being developed by the FTSE 100 manufacturer BAE Systems at a facility near Preston, along with Italy’s Leonardo. Rolls-Royce, another FTSE 100 manufacturer, is building engines for the plane.

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