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F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the length is of the UK's contract with the F35 global spare parts pool; and when that contract ends.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the length is of the UK's contract with the F35 global spare parts pool; and when that contract ends.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The UK Government does not have a contract with the F-35 global spares pool. The prime contractors for the F-35 programme, [the US companies Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney,] operate the F-35 global spares pool on behalf of the F35 programme, incl...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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