In July 2018 at the Farnborough International Air Show, it was announced that Leonardo would be working with the RAF Rapid Capability Office, BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and MBDA as ‘Team Tempest’ to provide the technologies, knowledge, skills and expertise to develop the UK's Future Combat Air System (FCAS) capable of operating in the 2035+ environment.

In July 2021, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) awarded Team Tempest a further contract worth approximately £250m to progress the design and development of Tempest. The contract sees Leonardo developing the Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Effects (ISANKE) and Integrated Communications Systems technology for the next generation aircraft. Leonardo is also implementing cyber resilience across the Tempest ecosystem, which will be critical to enabling Tempest to maximise the potential of this technological innovation.