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F-35 Aircraft: Radar

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79250

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the UK’s F-35B Lightning II force to use the AN/APG-85 radar.

Answered by Luke Pollard

All UK F-35 aircraft are fitted with the APG-81 radar. There is currently no plan to change to an alternative radar.

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