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Written Question
F-35 Aircraft
Tuesday 5th November 2024

Asked by: Melanie Ward (Labour - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of F-35 components produced by UK companies are wear-sensitive parts.

Answered by Maria Eagle - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The F-35 inventory is owned by the US Department of Defence and is managed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Pratt and Whitney. The details on the proportion of F35 components produced by UK companies are not known.

The F35 Programme does not classify components as wear-sensitive. Components are either "repairable" or "consumable".

Written Question
F-35 Aircraft
Tuesday 5th November 2024

Asked by: Melanie Ward (Labour - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK components supplied to the F-35 programme are coded using the NATO codification system.

Answered by Maria Eagle - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

F-35 Components are owned by the US Department of Defence and managed in a Global Spares Pool. The F-35 components within the Global Spares Pool are not subject to NATO Codification.