Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 64519

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO mission as Government steps up national security and delivers defence dividend, published on 24 June 2025, what the in service date

Answer

Maria Eagle
Negotiations with the Joint Programme Office to agree the contract and the schedule for order and delivery of the aircraft are ongoing.