Low Flying (Hansard, 14 July 1993)

§ 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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