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Defence: Procurement

Commons · Question 119558 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of a) deconflicting and b) combining Project Shrinker with Project Cairns.

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 18 Mar 2026

Project CAIRNS is currently a pre-concept project and as such formal consideration of systems and specifications has not yet taken place. Project SHRINKER is a Defence procurement project. For reasons of operational security, I cannot provide any further ...