Why the Hawk successor must feed pilots into Tempest

Must the long-term replacement for the BAE Hawk work with the Tempest programme?

Yes as a training feeder: it must prepare pilots for Tempest, though it need not share the combat aircraft's design.

The panel interprets 'work with' as a training relationship rather than a common airframe. Hawk's main job is to prepare pilots for front-line aircraft, with display flying a secondary public role. Its successor therefore needs systems and a syllabus that bridge students into Tempest-era operations. The requirement concerns the training pipeline, not turning an advanced trainer into a miniature Tempest.