Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Procurement

(asked on 3rd December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the statement on the Defence Command Paper, published 22 March 2021, whether his Department plans to increase the F-35 fleet beyond 48 aircraft as committed to within that Statement.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 9th December 2021

The 2021 Integrated Review confirmed our ambition to continue the growth of the UK Lightning Force beyond 48 aircraft. We are currently undertaking a period of detailed analysis to evaluate the scale and timeline for procurement of our second tranche of F35B Lightning aircraft together with associated infrastructure and support requirements.

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