Question follow-through · 65825

Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many drones he plans to procure for the armed forces in this financial year by (a) reconnaissance, (b) logistics, (c) first-person view and (d) long-range one-way attack.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 8 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 11 Jul 2025
Answer: 11 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many drones he plans to procure for the armed forces in this financial year by (a) reconnaissance, (b) logistics, (c) first-person view and (d) long-range one-way attack.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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11 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Strategic Defence Review recommends that an immediate priority for force transformation should be a shift towards greater use of autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the UK's conventional forces. Uncrewed and autonomous systems will be inc...

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