Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 22 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 April 2024 (named day). It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 May 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Guided Weapons: Procurement

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last signed new contracts for (a) AMRAAM, (b) ASRAAM, (c) CAMM, (d) Javelin, (e) NLAW, (f) Tomahawk and (g) Aster missiles.

Answer

The below table contains the dates of when new contracts were last signed for each of the munition type requested. It does not contain subsequent contract amendments or renewals.

Weapons	Last signed new contracts
AMRAAM	December 2021
ASRAAM	December 2023
CAMM	March 2021
Javelin	April 2023
NLAW	December 2022
Tomahawk	June 2022
Aster missiles	August 1999

Notes:

Javelin and Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) are procured through Foreign Military Sales, a government to government agreement directly between the UK MOD and the US Government.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 22852
Session: 2023-24
Subjects: Contracts Procurement Guided weapons
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Guided Weapons: Procurement

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