Written questions

Uncrewed Systems: Testing

2026-06-29 · Ministry of Defence · 14380 · Official question

James Cartlidge

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of limited testing environments on the testing of uncrewed and autonomous systems.

Answer

Defence is spending over £5 billion on autonomous systems to enable transformation by 2030 which is the largest ever drone investment in Defence. We recognise that more testing capability is required to support this and so have announced the new Defence U...