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Future Combat Air System

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of the Tempest programme.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 31 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 4 Nov 2024
Answer: 7 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

31 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of the Tempest programme.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2024
Answer published
Tempest is the name used in the UK for the next generation combat aircraft being jointly developed with Japan and Italy under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). GCAP is an important programme, as the Prime Minister has stated, which is why the Defenc...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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