The Equipment Plan includes the following major investments in state of the art military capabilities and their support over the next ten years:
- £35.8bn on submarines and the deterrent, including a total of seven Astute Class attack submarines and developing a replacement for Vanguard Class ballistic missile submarines
- £18.5bn on combat air, including Lightning II and Typhoon fast jets and UAVs
- £17.4bn on ships, including Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, six new Type 45 destroyers and the development of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship
- £13.9bn on aircraft for air-to-air refuelling, passenger and heavy lift, such as Voyager and A400M
- £12.3bn on armoured fighting vehicles, including Warrior, Scout and other land equipment
- £12.1bn on helicopters, including Chinook, Apache, Puma and Wildcat
- £11.4bn on weapons, for example, missiles, torpedoes and precision guided bombs