Question follow-through · 76688

Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the test flight of the General Atomics YFQ-42 drone.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Ministry of Defence
Tabled
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
19 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the test flight of the General Atomics YFQ-42 drone.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    This Government launched the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) which set out the pathway for the next decade and beyond to transform Defence. A key part of the SDR's vision for UK defence is innovation driven by lessons from Ukraine - harnessing drones, data...

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