Question follow-through · 97751

Global Combat Air Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when regulatory approvals will be given to BAE Systems, Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement to allow a joint venture for the Global Combat Air Programme to begin work.

answeredMinistry of Defence

About this written question

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 8 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 11 Dec 2025
Answer: 11 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline

8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when regulatory approvals will be given to BAE Systems, Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement to allow a joint venture for the Global Combat Air Programme to begin work.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
All necessary regulatory approvals were in place ahead of the Edgewing incorporation in June.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Veterans

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Northern Ireland

26 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland element of the Defence Growth Deal on (a) jobs and (b) private sector investment in areas beyond Greater Belfast.

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Surveillance: Palantir

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Iran: Military Bases

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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