Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 7495

Global Combat Air Programme

Tabled: 7 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the core Global Combat Air Programme will be piloted.

Answer

Luke Pollard

The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) core aircraft is being designed to be crewed when it comes into service, but the programme sustains an important technological and industrial pathway to developing advanced uncrewed capabilities. That will allow the ...

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