Question follow-through · 77406
Uncrewed Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing unmanned surface vehicle technologies.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2025 · 29 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
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing unmanned surface vehicle technologies.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) recommends that an immediate priority should be a shift towards greater use of autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the UK's conventional forces. The Royal Navy (RN) is already transitioning to uncrewed auton...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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