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Global Combat Air Programme

Commons · Question 58581 · Tabled 10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the Global Combat Air Programme development phase is expected to last.

Answer

Answered by Maria Eagle, 13 Jun 2025

Work is ongoing with our GCAP Partners Japan and Italy to establish the core platform concept and set up the structures needed, ready to launch the Development Phase in 2025. The programme's ambition remains to deliver an aircraft into service from 2035, ...