Question follow-through · 107722
Unmanned Air Systems: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Cutting-edge drone degree to train military forces of the future unveiled, published on 21 January, whether his Department has a target for the number of
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 13 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
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Cutting-edge drone degree to train military forces of the future unveiled, published on 21 January, whether his Department has a target for the number of
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2026
Answer published
The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is a pilot project that is seeking to fuse civilian and military experience to enhance our collective expertise in uncrewed systems. It is offering twenty places for their new undergraduate dr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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