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Guided Weapons: Electronic Warfare

Commons · Question 116039 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 6 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has he made in developing an airborne electromagnetic attack capability running proven counter-C5ISRT software, including third-party software applications.

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 6 Mar 2026

I welcome innovation across the Defence industrial sector. The Ministry of Defence is aware of the importance of the Electromagnetic battlespace and is pursuing a number of options, both in the near-term and in the research and development programme, to a...