F-35 Aircraft

(asked on 21st October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 19 October 2026, to question 30977 on F-35 Aircraft, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the content of the GAO report on the F-35 programme.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 29th October 2026

The Ministry of Defence has reviewed the report and recognises the issues it raises. Alongside a range of other information sources, the report helps inform the Department's approach to the F-35 programme. The Department has not identified any implications arising from the report that require changes to existing policy, plans, or assumptions.

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