Defence written question – answered at on 28 June 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) how many (a) F-35A and (b) F-35C aircraft his Department proposes to purchase between 2018 and 2025;
(2) what estimate he has made of the lifetime maintenance costs of his Department's complement of (a) F-35A and (b) F-35C aircraft.
holding answer
As announced in the strategic defence and security review we plan to acquire the carrier variant of joint strike fighter, the F-35C, to meet our operational requirements. We do not plan to purchase the F-35A.
We have yet to make final decisions on the timing and overall numbers of F-35C aircraft we intend to order and will not do so before the next planned strategic defence review. The costs of the programme will be determined prior to its main investment decision points. The Ministry of Defence does not publish estimates prior to such decision points as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.
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