Question follow-through · 27594

Defence Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech delivered at the ADS Annual Dinner on 28 January 2025, what progress he has made on the Gravehawk system.

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 4 Feb 2025
Answer: 4 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech delivered at the ADS Annual Dinner on 28 January 2025, what progress he has made on the Gravehawk system.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Gravehawk system is a rapidly developed bespoke air defence system, jointly funded by the UK and Denmark. This innovative system, which is able to retrofit air-air missiles for ground-based air defence, can use Ukrainian missiles already in their arme...

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