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Global Combat Air Programme: Job Creation

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 74119

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs the Tempest Global Combat Air Programme will create.

Answered by Luke Pollard

There are over 4,500 people working on the Future Combat Air System programme across the UK. At the core of the programme is the trilateral Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) partnership between the UK, Japan and Italy to deliver a next-generation combat aircraft. We expect GCAP to support thousands of jobs across all three nations.

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