Question follow-through · 52586
Armed Forces: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been allocated to Project Eve; what the (a) current and (b) anticipated future spend are for that project; and what steps he is taking to ensure interoperability with the (i) Army’s and (ii) Royal
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 15 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been allocated to Project Eve; what the (a) current and (b) anticipated future spend are for that project; and what steps he is taking to ensure interoperability with the (i) Army’s and (ii) Royal
20 May 2025
Target answer date
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22 May 2025
Answer published
As part of the Commando Force (CF) Programme, £99.78 million has been spent on spiral development and fielding of the EVE digital backbone capability. A further £56 million budget for EVE is approved as future spend, to enable interoperable development an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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