Japan-England: Rolls-Royce and IHI: Tempest F-X
-Collaborative development of the next fighter engine demonstrator-
UK side:
Make an initial investment of £ 30 million in planning, digital design and manufacturing development.
An additional 200 million pounds (about 30.3 billion yen) of British funds will be invested to develop a full-scale demonstration machine.
Government of Japan and industry:
The development technology of Tempest in the UK will be combined with the F-X technology development that has been underway in recent years.
Aim to develop the world’s leading next-generation engine.
Japan F-X:
Development will be promoted through international cooperation between Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Both F-X and Tempest aim to deploy troops in 2035.
Rolls-Royce:
The next fighter engine will lead to job creation in both Japan and the UK in the future.
https://www.aviationwire.jp/archives/241370
UK and Japan agree future fighter engine development
The United Kingdom and Japan
have agreed to the joint development of engine technology for the both the Tempest and F-X future combat aircraft programmes.
Announced by the UK government on 22 December,
the agreement covers joint work on a jet engine demonstrator for the UK-led Tempest,
which is being developed under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme, and the Japanese F-X (unofficially referred to as the F3) programme.
Work on the joint engine demonstrator will kickstart early next year, with the UK investing an initial GBP30 million in planning,
digital designs and innovative manufacturing developments,
the UK government said. “A further GBP200 million of UK funding is expected
to go towards developing a full-scale demonstrator power system, supporting hundreds of highly skilled jobs, including many at Rolls-Royce’s Filton facility in Bristol”.
The Japanese government had not disclosed its level of funding at the time of writing.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/uk-and-japan-agree-future-fighter-engine-development