European Fighter Aircraft
(asked on 14th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of recent usage of the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft on the timescales for its replacement by the Tempest model.
This question was answered on 22nd June 2022
Recent usage of the Typhoon will not affect the introduction of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) which is being developed to enter service from 2035, before Typhoon’s earliest possible out of service date of 2040. Routine fleet management of flying hours will ensure the Typhoon fleet is able to remain in frontline service and react to surge requirements until then.