Aircraft Carriers

(asked on 13th April 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will examine options in SDSR 2020 to enable HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales to extend the effective combat radius of the F-35B through the introduction of a shipborne air-to-air refuelling capability.


Answered by
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
This question was answered on 24th April 2017

The Department will continue to explore a variety of options to augment the capabilities of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers in future. Decisions on funding will be taken at the appropriate time within the Defence annual budget cycle.

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