Global Combat Air Programme: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116025 on Global Combat Air Programme: Expenditure, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the £2 billion.
Answered by Luke Pollard
Over £2 billion has been spent on Future Combat Air System/Global Combat Air Programme (FCAS/GCAP) and the associated Team Tempest research and development programme.
This can be broken down as follows:
Concepting/Design – over £800 million
Enablers and Infrastructure – over £60 million
Technology Development and Demonstrators – over £1.4 billion
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