![F-35 Joint Strike Fighter](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/01_f35_jen-dimascio-awst-promo.jpg?itok=6CGSIlbT)
The UK will purchase “beyond 48” F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, but this will be over the lifetime of the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to the 2060s.
![Boeing E-7 Wedgetail](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/02_e3_sac-andy-stevens-royal-air-force.jpg?itok=EnoJkLVs)
The planned Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning fleet purchase will shrink from five to three, with first deliveries in 2023, while the Boeing E-3 Sentry will exit service by year-end, leaving a two-year capability gap.
![Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/03_typhoon_royal-air-force.jpg?itok=u4c3qHfq)
![RAF C-130J Hercules](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/04_c130_tony-osborne-awst.jpg?itok=HnNUMlCS)
The remainder of the RAF’s C-130J Hercules fleet—14 aircraft—will be retired by the end of 2023, leaving the tactical airlift mission to the Airbus A400M fleet. Upgrades for the C-130J, including installation of a new wingbox, have been halted.
![Boeing CH-47 Chinook](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/05_ch47_tony-osborne-awst.jpg?itok=4-UKfbrm)
![Thales Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft system](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/06_watchkeeper_british-army.jpg?itok=QE4AlAX2)
The British Army’s troubled Thales Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft system, the subject of numerous accidents, will be upgraded.
![Royal Air Force Puma helicopter](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/07_puma_cpl-connor-payne-royal-air-force.jpg?itok=FVP_ZCbS)
![British Aerospace 146](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/08_bae146_tony-osborne-awst.jpg?itok=b1I4-pAC)
Four British Aerospace 146s used for transport and VIP missions will be retired in 2023. Their role looks set to be partly taken up by two Airbus A321neo airliners wet-leased from UK airline Titan Airways.
![UK nuclear submarine](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-03/09_nukesub_royal-navy.jpg?itok=7_mh7gku)
The UK will expand its nuclear weapons stockpile ceiling to 260 from 180 as it continues to modernize the submarine-launched nuclear deterrent.
Here is a look at the aerospace proposals in the Integrated Review.
For more, see UK Defense Is Facing Pain Before Technological Gain