Question follow-through · 65981

Satellites: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the UK’s ability to protect its satellite infrastructure from (a) cyber attacks, (b) jamming and (c) other forms of hostile interference.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 8 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 10 Jul 2025
Answer: 14 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the UK’s ability to protect its satellite infrastructure from (a) cyber attacks, (b) jamming and (c) other forms of hostile interference.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
Protecting the UK's satellites and related ground infrastructure is a Defence priority. The Strategic Defence Review affirms that satellite communication and data relays are fundamental to the Armed Forces’ ability to understand the battlespace, exchange ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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