Tempest is creating and sustaining highly skilled jobs, driving investment in R&D and benefitting hundreds of companies throughout the supply chain, contributing to the long term economic prosperity of the UK.
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We are recruiting and training the thinkers of tomorrow; the next generation of engineers, manufacturers, technologists and scientists to ensure we have the sovereign skills needed to deliver future defence capability.
There are already 4,500 people working on the programme in the UK across the Team Tempest partner organisations and Ministry of Defence, and thousands more critical jobs will be created throughout the lifetime of the programme.
We are partnering with the very best of UK industry and academia, leveraging innovative technologies and forward-thinking processes to drive ground-breaking technology development at pace.
We are working alongside businesses inside and outside of the traditional defence sector, including SMEs from the gaming industry, motorsport industry and health management sectors.
Involvement in the Tempest programme is providing suppliers with a wide range of additional benefits, including upskilling their workforce and manufacturing and engineering capabilities, which in turn, is driving growth opportunities for their businesses.
Tempest is expected to deliver significant benefits to the UK over the full lifetime of the programme, benefiting all regions of the UK, including Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Regional investment and collaboration will unlock industrial digitalisation and improve the performance of manufacturers across the North of England.
On behalf of the Team Tempest industry partners, BAE Systems has commissioned PwC to produce a new assessment, which shows the significant and wide-spread benefit delivered by the programme; creating and sustaining highly skilled jobs in the combat air sector and beyond; driving investment in R&D and benefitting hundreds of companies throughout the supply chain, contributing to the long term economic prosperity of our nation.
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The PWC report ‘Assessment of the expected economic impact of the Tempest (2025-2070), October 2024 was prepared for BAE Systems (Operations) Limited and solely for the purpose and on the terms agreed with BAE Systems (Operations) Limited. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP accepts no liability (including for negligence) to anyone else in connection with the report.
2021 Independent research by PWC on the expected economic impact of Tempest over the first 30 years of the programme alone outlines the significant and wide-spread benefits of the programme, stimulated by the investment which will accelerate the development of new technologies and critical skills and ensure the UK can continue to operate at the forefront of world-leading technology. (May 2021)