Military Aircraft

(asked on 15th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to certify rotary aircraft to transport F135 engines to Carrier Strike Group.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 21st October 2021

The Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit has certified the F-35 engine to be carried as an external load beneath the Chinook helicopter, which can operate from the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.

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