A rendering of how the UK’s new stealth fighter will look (Picture: BAE Systems/Cover Images)The first crewed stealth fighter jet built in the UK for 40 years is nearing completion as the cutting-edge air combat technology seeks to become reality. Team Tempest, a UK-led partnership working on new technologies for the next generation of air combat, has announced it’s hit three significant development milestones. The Combat Air Demonstrator will be the first crewed combat aircraft to be built in the UK for 40 years. An engineer at work on the fighter jet, which is nearing completion (Picture: BAE Systems/Cover Media)The programme has also completed its first robotically assembled component at BAE Systems’ Factory of the Future. Since its launch in 2018, Team Tempest has focused on developing the technologies, engineering expertise and industrial capability required to deliver the UK’s future sovereign combat air capability.