BAE Advancing FCAD Toward Power-On, Flight

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BAE published this image during the Farnborough Airshow of skins being added to the FCAD’s airframe structure.

Credit: BAE Systems
LONDON—BAE Systems is targeting power-on of its Future Combat Air Demonstrator (FCAD) in the second half of 2027 as the company prepares to begin final assembly of the twin-engine, stealthy, supersonic aircraft. The demonstrator, first announced in 2022, is intended to prepare UK industry for its...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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