Question follow-through · 46136

Rifles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of replacing the SA80A2 and SA80A3 as the standard individual weapons of the Armed Forces in 2030.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 17 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 23 Apr 2025
Answer: 28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of replacing the SA80A2 and SA80A3 as the standard individual weapons of the Armed Forces in 2030.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The British Army’s projected Out of Service Date for the L85A3 (SA80A3) variant of the L85 rifle family is currently 2030. The replacement for the L85 rifle will be procured under Project GRAYBURN, which is currently in the concept phase with the aim of i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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