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Global Combat Air Programme: Expenditure

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 120901

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, how much of the £2 billion was spent on the development of the Tempest fighter jet.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The expenditure on the Future Air Combat System (FCAS)/Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has supported concept development, enablers, technology maturation and capability demonstrations to deliver FCAS, including the core aircraft central to the system through the GCAP partnership.

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