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F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Lightning Programme.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
28 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Lightning Programme.

  2. 28 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The declaration of Full Operating Capability for the first procurement phase is scheduled to occur no later than 31 December 2025, with graduation as a Government Major Projects Portfolio programme by 31 March 2026. The first procurement phase of 48 aircr...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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