F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
(asked on 3rd June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date each batch of the Royal Air Force’s F-35B Lightning II aircraft were (a) ordered, (b) delivered and (c) scheduled to be delivered.
This question was answered on 9th June 2025
The F-35 programme procures aircraft through annual contracts. The first UK F-35B order was placed in 2009 and delivered in 2012. Between 2009 and 2025, the Ministry of Defence has ordered 48 F-35B aircraft, 38 of which have now been delivered. We are unable to disclose detailed delivery profiles due to commercial sensitivities.