questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact on future F-35 procurement of the availability of low rate initial production material within the production chain.
answerText: The F-35 supply chain, including production material, is managed by the F-35 Joint Programme Office via the two F-35 prime contractors; Lockheed Martin and Pratt &amp; Whitney. The production planning process aligns requirements with supply chain capacity...
heading: F-35 Aircraft: Procurement