HC Deb 14 July 1993 vol 228 cc558-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration his Department has given to the fitting of air-to-air transponder equipment to low-flying military aircraft to provide warning to other air traffic.

Mr. Hanley

A contact for a technology demonstrator programme, to prove the technology needed to provide low-flying military aircraft with collision warning facilities, was placed with Easams Ltd. in January 1993.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by month, for the last six months, the number of low-level air-to-air interceptor practice sorties flown over the United Kingdom by military jet aircraft; and if he will show in his answer the nationality of the aircraft.

Mr. Hanley

The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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