LIVE: UK defence update as John Healey deploys advanced policy announcement

0 May 19, 2026 13:57

BRITAIN’S sixth generation Tempest fighter jet could be axed to fill the Ministry of Defence’s £28billion black hole.

Defence Secretary John Healey has been told that scrapping the £24billion Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is the only way to do so.

Read more here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39054494/skint-mod-scrap-new-fighter-jets/

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