Armed Forces: Aircraft
House of Lords
Lord West of Spithead (Labour)
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrestor system is planned for use in new aircraft carriers.
Lord Astor of Hever (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Defence; Conservative)
We have yet to make any final decisions about the conversion of a "Queen Elizabeth"-class carrier. Our Conversion Development Phase (CDP) investigations include consideration of the Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arrestor Gear equipment which appears capable of launching and recovering a wide range of airframes across the full range of launch and recovery weights while leveraging existing and funded aircraft clearances.