Question follow-through · 100908

Guided Weapons: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his proposed timetable is for issuing contracts for Project Brakestop.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 17 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 5 Jan 2026
Answer: 5 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his proposed timetable is for issuing contracts for Project Brakestop.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Multiple contracts have already been placed to develop prototype one-way effectors to meet Project BRAKESTOP's requirements.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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