The Mosquito demonstrator (in the foreground), which will inform the UK's LANCA requirement, will be of a similar size to the future Tempest fighter (in the background)

Loyal wingman? Computer-generated image of the Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA). Cheap and therefore expendable, the LANCA project aims to ‘bulk out' the RAF’s fleet of crewed fighters
Spirit AeroSystems and Northrop Grumman UK are involved in the UK's 'loyal wingman' project
Autonomous systems such as LANCA will continue to be a focus for UK defence

Northrop Grumman was contracted in April 2021 as an engineering partner to support Phase 2 testing on the UK's Mosquito loyal wingman project led by Spirit AeroSystems alongside Intrepid Minds. The companies will be designing and manufacturing a prototype uncrewed fighter