Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 87993
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in building the sovereign Air Signature Assessment Facility.
Answer
Luke PollardA 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.