Written questions

Watchkeeper WK450: Components

Commons · Question 1402 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 27 May 2026

Question

Asked by John Milne

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will conduct an investigation into whether Watchkeeper drone components are being exported from the UK to Israel to support drone exports to Romania.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 27 May 2026

Watchkeeper unmanned aerial system (UAS) components are licensed from the UK to Israel solely for the purpose of supporting onward export to a Romanian UAS programme.The Department has published extensive information on our export licences to Israel. This...