Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
Commons · Question 96358 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2025 to Question 93240 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement, what was the a) start and b) finish date of Project RARDEN.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 8 Dec 2025
Project RARDEN is a legacy project that introduced the Rarden cannon into service in the 1970s. On current planning, the Rarden cannon will be removed from service December 2027.