Question follow-through · 85428

Navy: Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79365 on Navy: Military Aircraft, what the scope is of the Royal Navy’s approach to Maritime Aviation Transformation.

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Ministry of Defence
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79365 on Navy: Military Aircraft, what the scope is of the Royal Navy’s approach to Maritime Aviation Transformation.

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Maritime Aviation Transformation is the Royal Navy’s strategy to shift towards a digitally led, crewed-uncrewed operating model that supports the Hybrid Air Wing outlined in the Strategic Defence Review. By 2040, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaiss...

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