The Royal Air Force Adopts the RCO, Expects “Healthy Competition” in Future Aircraft

The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force is emulating the US Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office, creating its own RCO to swiftly field new aircraft gear, and will pursue a version of USAF’s new “Century Series” initiative in developing its own next-generation combat aircraft, the Tempest. Even with these steps, however, the RAF commander said he sees no changes for Britain’s involvement with the F-35 program.

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