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F-35 Aircraft: Weapons

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 8317, tabled on 8 January 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on integration of UK weapons onto the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Answered on

16 January 2024

The UK Lightning Force currently operates the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM), the Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM) and the Paveway 4 precision guided bomb. By the end of the decade both Meteor and SPEAR 3 will also be integrated to UK F-35s.