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Watchkeeper WK450: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out-of-service date of the Watchkeeper TUAS.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out-of-service date of the Watchkeeper TUAS.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    As announced by the Secretary of State in 2024, the Army’s Watchkeeper Mk 1 Uncrewed Aerial System is in the process of being retired from service with an Out of Service Date of March 2027.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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