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Future Combat Air System: Finance

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 13 October 2025UIN 71988

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, what proportion of the funding for Combat Air will be spent on the (a) Typhoon, (b) F-35 and (c) Global Combat Air Programme.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Future spending on Combat Air programmes will be determined through the Defence Investment Plan. No decisions have yet been made on either the amount to be spent on Combat Air or the proportion that will be spent on Typhoon, F-35 and the Global Combat Air Programme.

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