Ukraine: Defence
Commons · Question 18818 · Tabled 14 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to apply the Project Octopus model of manufacturing Ukrainian-designed systems in the UK to other capability areas, including electronic warfare and marine autonomy.
Answer
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 21 Jul 2026
Project OCTOPUS is our first collaborative capability project with Ukraine under Programme LYRA, which the Prime Minister and President Zelenskyy launched last June. Programme LYRA enables the bilateral exchange of battlefield technology and intellectual ...