Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, SPEARCAP 3, what is the timeline for the F-35B integration.

SPEAR 3 is part of a wider Weapons Integration Programme and dependent on US led prioritisation and test platform availability. The entire integration programme, and subsequent release to service of the fully integrated SPEAR 3 weapon system, will occur in the early 2030s.