Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 88006

F-35 Aircraft

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of UK F-35 aircraft have had their stealth characteristics measured.

Answer

Luke Pollard
A revised Business Case for a Sovereign Low Observable Verification Facility will be submitted in 2027. We do not comment on the stealth characteristics of individual aircraft for very obvious operational reasons.