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Written question asked by Gerald Howarth (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 February 2006. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 March 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Missile Systems

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for future upgrades to UK missile systems; and what plans he has to develop a strategy to incorporate emerging technologies into existing weapons systems.
Answer

A number of upgrades to missile systems are planned to meet emerging requirements. These include incremental technology insertion programmes to upgrade the RAF's Storm Shadow missiles, and the Royal Navy's and Seawolf missiles.Our approach to incorporating emerging technologies into existing weapons systems will be taken forward as part of the wider work to develop a co-ordinated strategy for complex weapons.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
443 c738W;443 c738W; 54425
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Procurement Technology Guided weapons
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk