F-35 Aircraft: Components
(asked on 13th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which major components of the UK's F-35 fleet have been bought in (a) GBP, (b) USD and (c) other currencies.
This question was answered on 19th October 2022
The F-35 programme is managed through a US Government Joint Program Office (JPO) based in the USA, which places F-35 contracts with industry on behalf of the F-35 Partner Nations. These contracts cover major components incorporated in the UK's fleet. In accordance with US law and US federal acquisition rules and regulations, all the JPO's contracts are denominated in US dollars and the UK makes its payments to the JPO in US dollars.