Question follow-through · 18704
Global Combat Air Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the latest project milestones for the Global Combat Air Programme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 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
- 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
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the latest project milestones for the Global Combat Air Programme.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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17 Jul 2026
Answer published
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20 Jul 2026
Answer corrected
Work is ongoing with our GCAP partners Japan and Italy where the programme's ambition remains to deliver an aircraft into service from 2035, and the detailed milestones will be agreed following the completion of the Concept and Assessment phase.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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