Angus Robertson
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Defence), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's Tornado jets (a) are in service, (b) are in the forward fleet and (c) have the Honeywell Traffic Collision Avoidance System II installed.
Philip Dunne
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
The number of Tornado aircraft in the in-service and forward fleets is given below, together with the number of Tornado aircraft fitted with the Honeywell Traffic Collision Avoidance System II (TCAS).
The TCAS capability embodied to date incorporates a Traffic Advisory capability which warns aircrew of a potential collision threat.
In-Service Fleet | Forward Fleet | Fitted with TCAS |
100 | 58 | 8 |
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