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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Tornado collision service enquiry report, whether COSPAS-SARSAT compatible Personal Locator Beacons that operate automatically have now been provided to aircrew.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Tornado collision service enquiry report, whether COSPAS-SARSAT compatible Personal Locator Beacons that operate automatically have now been provided to aircrew.
Fast jet aircrew are provided with automatically operating COSPAS-SARSAT compatible Personal Locator Beacons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) maintenance of and (b) upgrade works for (i) Tornado, (ii) Typhoon and (iii) Reaper drones in each of the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) maintenance of and (b) upgrade works for (i) Tornado, (ii) Typhoon and (iii) Reaper drones in each of the last six years.
The costs of maintenance and capability upgrades for Tornado, Typhoon and the Reaper Unmanned Air System, in each of the last six financial years, are shown in the table below.
| Financial year (£ million) | |||||
| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Tornado: capability upgrade work | 87.2 | 69.3 | 33.3 | 28.9 | 58.2 | 45.6 |
Tornado: maintenance | 311.0 | 303.8 | 369.7 | 344.2 | 247.7 | 184.9 |
Typhoon: capability upgrade work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.8 | 178.4 |
Typhoon: maintenance | 392.7 | 475.3 | 499.6 | 294.8 | 313.1 | 460.2 |
Reaper: maintenance | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 27.1 | 23.5 |
Reaper: capability upgrade work | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Note: Costs for all platforms are extracted from the equipment support programme budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado aircraft are fitted with the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II; and how many are currently being fitted with that system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado aircraft are fitted with the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II; and how many are currently being fitted with that system.
As at 28 January 2016, 43 Tornado GR4 aircraft had been fitted with a Traffic Collision Avoidance System capability. A total of 61 Tornado GR4 aircraft will be fitted with this capability by the end of 2016, when the project is planned to be completed.
It should be noted that as far as we are aware, this is the first time ever a Collision Avoidance System has been fitted to a combat fast jet, anywhere in the world.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the process of fitting Tornado aircraft with the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II to be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the process of fitting Tornado aircraft with the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II to be completed.
As at 28 January 2016, 43 Tornado GR4 aircraft had been fitted with a Traffic Collision Avoidance System capability. A total of 61 Tornado GR4 aircraft will be fitted with this capability by the end of 2016, when the project is planned to be completed.
It should be noted that as far as we are aware, this is the first time ever a Collision Avoidance System has been fitted to a combat fast jet, anywhere in the world.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft are (i) in the Forward Available Fleet, (ii) in the Sustainment Fleet and (iii) awaiting decommissioning or disposal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft are (i) in the Forward Available Fleet, (ii) in the Sustainment Fleet and (iii) awaiting decommissioning or disposal.
The information requested is detailed in the attached table.
The Forward Available Fleet comprises aircraft which are serviceable and those which are short-term unserviceable. Short-term unserviceable aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or any other rectification or technical inspection work that can arise on a day-to-day basis. Dependent on the nature of the work, aircraft may be designated as requiring either 'short-term maintenance' or 'short-term works'.
The Sustainment Fleet numbers represent those aircraft in the Depth Fleet, which comprises aircraft which are undergoing planned depth maintenance or upgrade programmes.
Decommissioning and disposal are part of the same process and are therefore grouped together.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft in the Sustainment Fleet are (i) undergoing planned maintenance, (ii) undergoing upgrade work and (iii) held in temporary storage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft in the Sustainment Fleet are (i) undergoing planned maintenance, (ii) undergoing upgrade work and (iii) held in temporary storage.
The information requested is detailed in the attached table.
The Forward Available Fleet comprises aircraft which are serviceable and those which are short-term unserviceable. Short-term unserviceable aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or any other rectification or technical inspection work that can arise on a day-to-day basis. Dependent on the nature of the work, aircraft may be designated as requiring either 'short-term maintenance' or 'short-term works'.
The Sustainment Fleet numbers represent those aircraft in the Depth Fleet, which comprises aircraft which are undergoing planned depth maintenance or upgrade programmes.
Decommissioning and disposal are part of the same process and are therefore grouped together.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft in the Forward Available Fleet are classed as short term unserviceable as a result of undergoing (i) short term maintenance and (ii) other short term works.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft in the Forward Available Fleet are classed as short term unserviceable as a result of undergoing (i) short term maintenance and (ii) other short term works.
The information requested is detailed in the attached table.
The Forward Available Fleet comprises aircraft which are serviceable and those which are short-term unserviceable. Short-term unserviceable aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or any other rectification or technical inspection work that can arise on a day-to-day basis. Dependent on the nature of the work, aircraft may be designated as requiring either 'short-term maintenance' or 'short-term works'.
The Sustainment Fleet numbers represent those aircraft in the Depth Fleet, which comprises aircraft which are undergoing planned depth maintenance or upgrade programmes.
Decommissioning and disposal are part of the same process and are therefore grouped together.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft have been temporarily taken out of service as a result of weather damage sustained during (i) combat operations and (ii) training exercises in each of the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft have been temporarily taken out of service as a result of weather damage sustained during (i) combat operations and (ii) training exercises in each of the last six years.
Data on weather damage to Typhoon and Tornado aircraft is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado and Typhoon jets operating in the Iraq and Syria region are fitted with the TCASS II Collision Warning System.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado and Typhoon jets operating in the Iraq and Syria region are fitted with the TCASS II Collision Warning System.
Six Tornado aircraft operating over Syria and Iraq are fitted with the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II, a system designed to de-conflict aircraft operating in civil airspace. This is the first system to be deployed in a combat jet fleet globally, although TCAS is not used in operational theatres for security reasons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 10 June 2015 and 20 October 2015 to Questions 794 and 11461, when the decision was made not to commission an investigation into the reasons for the delay between ministerial endorsement of CWS and its entry into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 10 June 2015 and 20 October 2015 to Questions 794 and 11461, when the decision was made not to commission an investigation into the reasons for the delay between ministerial endorsement of CWS and its entry into...
The answers to Questions 794 and 11461 relate to document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR 11 which refers to a report into improving our processes for assessing equipment safety risk, not the commissioning of an investigation into the reasons for the delay between Ministerial endorsement of CWS and its entry into service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to UK Defence in Numbers, published by his Department in August 2015, how many of the 125 Tornado Combat aircraft referred to in that document are combat ready.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to UK Defence in Numbers, published by his Department in August 2015, how many of the 125 Tornado Combat aircraft referred to in that document are combat ready.
The Defence in Numbers booklet is a snap shot of the UK's Defence capability and how we are spending the fifth largest Defence budget in the world. As well as giving details on civilian and personnel numbers and current operations, it also includes a list of the Ministry of Defence's equipment holdings, the vast majority of which are in service and deployable. We will continue to review the Defence in Numbers booklet to ensure that it best reflects the breadth of defence equipment.
The pieces of equipment listed in the Defence in Numbers booklet that are not capable for use on the front-line are: Jet provost aircraft, BAE-125 aircraft, Wessex helicopters, Challenger 1 battle tanks, FH70 Towed Howitzers and Chieftain Armoured Vehicles. These platforms are used in either a training or ceremonial capacity.
Currently 90 Tornado aircraft remain in the operational fleet and are, or could be, returned to combat ready status; this number includes aircraft undergoing periodic deep maintenance and modification which are not immediately available for operational use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 794, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report cited in paragraph 3 of document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 794, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report cited in paragraph 3 of document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR11.
The Ministry of Defence has no record of the report cited in paragraph three of the document reference D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR11 existing. It is assessed the relevant issue was dealt with before any report was written. There is therefore no copy available to be placed in the Library of the House.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances RAF Tornado squadrons will be kept in service after 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances RAF Tornado squadrons will be kept in service after 2017.
The planned out of service date for Tornado GR4 is 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date is for the (a) Typhoon Tranche 1, (b) Typhoon Tranche 2, (c) Typhoon Tranche 3 and (d) Tornado GR4.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date is for the (a) Typhoon Tranche 1, (b) Typhoon Tranche 2, (c) Typhoon Tranche 3 and (d) Tornado GR4.
The current planning assumptions for the out of service dates for Typhoon are: Tranche 1, 2019; Tranche 2, 2030; and Tranche 3, 2030. The current planning assumption for the out of service date for Tornado GR4 is 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado GR4 aircraft have been fitted with a collision warning system; and whether or not the software problems associated with the RA mode in that system have been resolved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado GR4 aircraft have been fitted with a collision warning system; and whether or not the software problems associated with the RA mode in that system have been resolved.
To date, the Honeywell Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II has been fitted in 18 Tornado GR4 aircraft. TCAS II is now operable in both resolution advisory and traffic advisory modes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR11 Tornado CWS Further Work, identified in paragraph 1.4.6.606 of the Report into the Tornado collision of 3 July 2012 undertaken by the Director-General of the Military Aviation Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR11 Tornado CWS Further Work, identified in paragraph 1.4.6.606 of the Report into the Tornado collision of 3 July 2012 undertaken by the Director-General of the Military Aviation Authority.
A copy of the document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/1/4 PR11 Tornado CWS Further Work is attached.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft are (i) operationally ready for deployment, (ii) in maintenance, (iii) not fit for service and (iv) awaiting decommissioning; and if he will make a statement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon aircraft are (i) operationally ready for deployment, (ii) in maintenance, (iii) not fit for service and (iv) awaiting decommissioning; and if he will make a statement
The information requested is provided in the table.
Status | Tornado | Typhoon
|
Forward Available Fleet | 57 | 91 |
Sustainment Fleet | 31 | 36 |
Awaiting Decommissioning/Disposal | 8 | 0 |
The Forward Available Fleet comprises those aircraft that are serviceable and ready for operational deployment or training, together with aircraft that are short-term unserviceable. Short-term unserviceable aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or any other unforeseen rectification or technical inspection work that can arise on a day-to-day basis.
The Sustainment Fleet comprises those aircraft currently undergoing planned depth maintenance or upgrade programmes. It also includes airworthy aircraft that are currently held in temporary storage (e.g. to manage airframe flying hours). It excludes those which are redundant, declared surplus or awaiting decommissioning / disposal.
Awaiting decommissioning / disposal includes those aircraft which have been identified for the removal and potential recycling of assets prior to their eventual disposal.
The Ministry of Defence does not use the term 'Not fit for Service' in relation to military aircraft platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/4 PR11 Tornado CWS Further Work identified in paragraph 1.4.6.606 of the Director General of the Military Aviation Report into the Tornado collision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document D/VCDS&2ndPUS/8/4 PR11 Tornado CWS Further Work identified in paragraph 1.4.6.606 of the Director General of the Military Aviation Report into the Tornado collision.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2015 to Question 227978, and with reference to MAA RA1210, how the validity of the ALARP argument, at the time of the Tornado collision over the Moray Firth, will be legally decided.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2015 to Question 227978, and with reference to MAA RA1210, how the validity of the ALARP argument, at the time of the Tornado collision over the Moray Firth, will be legally decided.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 March 2015 to Question 227978.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3 of Annex F of MAA RA 1210, how and when he expects the validity of Tornado GR4 ALARP statement to be decided by the appropriate court.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3 of Annex F of MAA RA 1210, how and when he expects the validity of Tornado GR4 ALARP statement to be decided by the appropriate court.
There are no current or pending court proceedings in which the validity of the Tornado GR4 As Low As Reasonably Practicable statement would be decided.