It has been a year since the British government revealed its goal of taking the first steps toward developing a next-generation combat aircraft. The £2 billion ($2.5 billion) Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative (FCAS TI)-the Combat Air Strategy and joint government-industry initiative called Team Tempest-is seen as a potential major victory for UK industry at a time when buying off the shelf, often from the U.S., has become the fashion. But now some British members of Parliament have called for a widening of that strategy-beyond simply producing a future fighter-to consider Britain's defense aerospace needs as well as those of export customers.
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