Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Spare Parts

(asked on 3rd September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the lack of spare parts for the F-35 does not affect future flying hours of the aircraft.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 10th September 2020

Logistic and technical support for the UK F-35 fleet is delivered through the US F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) Global Support Solution. This continues to provide the required levels of support to the UK's F-35 Lightning fleet. The availability of spare parts and technical advice remains constant and within agreed and contracted target levels.

The JPO continues to forecast no impact from the Covid-19 pandemic on its ability to support the worldwide F-35 fleet.

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