Global Combat Air Programme: Expenditure

(asked on 16th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116025 on Global Combat Air Programme: Expenditure, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the £2 billion.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 24th March 2026

Over £2 billion has been spent on Future Combat Air System/Global Combat Air Programme (FCAS/GCAP) and the associated Team Tempest research and development programme.

This can be broken down as follows:

Concepting/Design – over £800 million

Enablers and Infrastructure – over £60 million

Technology Development and Demonstrators – over £1.4 billion

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