Question follow-through · 1921
Challenger Tanks: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the latest estimated IOC date for the Challenger 3.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 8 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
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the latest estimated IOC date for the Challenger 3.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
As stated in my answer to the hon. Member for Huntington on 22 December 2025 to Question 99970, good progress is being made on the Demonstration phase trials. Whilst the programme has been impacted by some delays within the supply chain, these trials will...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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