HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 c124W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to acquire air combat manoeuvring instrumentation equipment for the Royal Air Force which can be used without ground relay facilities. [9834]

Mr. Arbuthnot

We are planning to issue an invitation to tender for the rangeless airborne instrumented debriefing system in the near future. If a limited trial programme proves successful, we plan to procure RAIDS for the entire fast jet fleet by around the turn of the century.