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Future Combat Air System

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 19 September 2024UIN 2108

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much spending on the (a) Future Combat Air System and (b) Global Combat Air Programme he plans to defer from the current financial year.

Answered by Maria Eagle

The UK expects to invest over £1.3 billion in the Future Combat Air System/Global Combat Air Programme and the associated Team Tempest R&D programme, in the current financial year.

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