§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what study he has made of the cost of providing joint tactical information distribution system terminals for(a) the Tornado air defence variant aircraft, (b) Invincible class aircraft carriers and (c) Type-42 destroyers.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer Monday 17 July 1989]: Studies of the cost of integrating JTIDS into the Tornado ADV have been undertaken and work is now proceeding concurrently with the full development phase of the JTIDS project.
Project definition studies on the RN variant of JTIDS for the CVSA and type 42 classes are currently being undertaken in industry. Estimates of the costs of the system will be submitted upon completion of the PD phase.