Armed Forces: Unmanned Air Systems
Lords · Question HL8576 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Cromwell
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to equip British soldiers with tactical drone detection capabilities; and what assessment they have made of available smartphone-based solutions.
Answer
Answered by Lord Coaker, 2 Jul 2025
The British Army continues to revolutionise its fighting capabilities, improving their range, persistence, precision and mass. Learning from ongoing conflicts as well as independent first-principle thinking, the ability of our Armed Forces to counter the ...