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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 2020 (named day). It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Monday, 30 November 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


F-35 Aircraft

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to bring all delivered F-35Bs to the same software standard.

Answer

All F-35B aircraft software is updated bi-annually through a regular planned programme of software loads.

To ensure maximum operational availability, maintenance activity required to update each software load is staggered across the available fleet; this transition period is pre-determined and monitored.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
120811
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Software Standards F-35 aircraft
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk