House of Commons and House of Lords Hansard Written Answers
Asked by Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife)
Asked on: 02 June 2015
Ministry of Defence
Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
791
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many successful night landings of the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B have been conducted by RAF pilots using night vision.
Answered by: Mr Philip Dunne
Answered on: 10 June 2015
Asked by Douglas Chapman
(Dunfermline and West Fife)
Asked on: 02 June 2015
Ministry of Defence
Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
792
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Joint Strike Fighter F-35s are allowed to use (a) night vision and (b) the distributed aperture system when landing on an aircraft carrier at night.
Answered by: Mr Philip Dunne
Answered on: 10 June 2015
The F-35 night vision and distributed aperture system capabilities are still under developmental test and have not been cleared for operational use by the US or any other F-35 partner nation when landing on a carrier at night.
Asked by Mr Kevan Jones
(North Durham)
[N]
Asked on: 04 June 2015
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
1245
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for (a) withdrawal of capabilities, (b) cancellation of programmes, (c) reduction of personnel and (d) other measures as a result of the £500 million reduction in his Department’s budget outlined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Answered by: Michael Fallon
Answered on: 09 June 2015
The £500 million savings and adjustments announced will be found from areas such as reducing running costs including expenditure on consultants, overtime and travel, and re-profiling some equipment and infrastructure spend. The agreement does not impact on manpower numbers, current operations, or the increase in equipment spend to which we are committed.
There are no plans to withdraw capability or cancel equipment programmes.