Although it actually wanted a different variant, the Government has finally decided what type of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter it is ordering for use on the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier.
The Government had wanted to use a variant of the aircraft using ‘catapults and traps’ but costs are believed to have escalated meaning David Cameron has signed off a decision to use the jump-jet variant of the US-built F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, as planned by the previous Labour government. The Financial Times writes that Philip…
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