UK parliament requests F-35 cost updates from MoD due to Carrier Strike concerns

摘要

The UK parliament has requested that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) urgently provide it with cost updates on the procurement of the F-35B Lightning Joint Strike Fighter as part of wider concerns with a lack of funding for the Royal Navy's (RN's) Carrier Strike capability. The request was made in a House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report titled 'Delivering Carrier Strike: 23rd Report of Session 2019-2021' that was published on 13 November. In the report, which addressed what it described as a failure by the MoD to provide the capabilities essential for the RN's two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, the PAC outlined a series of concerns with regard to the number of F-35Bs that will be needed, as well as the United Kingdom's ability to pay for them.