Question follow-through · 52921
F-35 Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy’s Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy has made a decision on the future of the F-35B Lightning fighter aircraft.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 23 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
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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
16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy’s Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy has made a decision on the future of the F-35B Lightning fighter aircraft.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 May 2025
Answer published
The F-35B Lightning will be at the forefront of the Nation's conventional deterrent for decades to come.The Royal Navy's Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy is investigating how to further expand the deployment of uncrewed air systems in Royal Navy ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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