Aircraft Carriers

(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to test the suitability of the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Ariel Vehicle for operation aboard Queen Elizabeth Class ships.


Answered by
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 8th November 2016

We currently have no plans to test the suitability of the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for operation on board the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers. Defence will continue to explore a variety of options to augment the capabilities of the QEC carriers in future.

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