Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 August 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 September 2021. It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Monday, 6 September 2021 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
F-35 Aircraft
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK's F-35B aircraft electronically report their maintenance state to Lockheed Martin.
- Answer
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The global F-35 Programme operates an electronic logistics system for maintenance, diagnostics, supply chain management, and fleet management with the goal of supporting F-35 readiness and maximizing maintainability. This includes reporting their maintenance state electronically via a sovereign data guard into the F-35 Hybrid Product Support Integration (HPSI) office, which is a joint Lockheed Martin and US Department of Defense body.
The Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) is a F-35 Programme wide system designed to support the Air System. The cost of sustaining ALIS is included within the running costs of the F-35 Program where, as a Partner, the UK is currently responsible for paying 4.6% of these costs.
The UK will replace the ALIS support system with the more modern Operational Data and Integrated Network (ODIN) in line with the global F-35 Programme.
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- 40640
- Session
- 2021-22
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- Subjects
- Repairs and maintenance F-35 aircraft Lockheed Martin
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