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F-35 Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for manufacturing 12 new F-35 A jets.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for manufacturing 12 new F-35 A jets.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The UK will purchase 12 new F-35A fighter jets and join NATO’s dual capable aircraft nuclear mission in a major boost for national security. The Secretary of State for Defence has said he expects those F-35As to start being delivered before the end of the...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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