Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 110436
Aircraft Carriers
Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 11 February 2026
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing Project Ark Royal.
Answer
Luke PollardProjects VIXEN and ARK ROYAL have been incorporated into the Royal Navy’s Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy (MATX). MATX envisages a Fleet Air Arm that is ‘uncrewed where possible; crewed where necessary,’ and will help to realise the Hybrid Air W...
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