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Written question asked by Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 20 December 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2017. It was answered by Harriett Baldwin (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 January 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


F-35 Aircraft

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the F35B Lightning II is due to complete air-to-air instrumentation testing before the end of Block 3F testing.

Answer

Air-to-air range instrumentation is a test asset used on previous aircraft programmes. Instrumentation components integrated within F-35B Lightning test aircraft will be tested before initial operational test and evaluation starts. This is unrelated to Block 3F testing.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
58646
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Testing F-35 aircraft
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk