Unmanned Marine Systems: Procurement

About this written question

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Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Tabled

13 May 2025

Target answer date

15 May 2025

Answer

22 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 13 May 2025

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to procure any SG-1 Fathom underwater gliders.

2. 15 May 2025

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 22 May 2025

   Answer published

   The Royal Navy has begun industry engagement to understand how commercial systems could be used to conduct anti-submarine warfare in the Atlantic. Any acquisition of these capabilities would be subject to outcomes of the Strategic Defence Review, funding ...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.