Written question asked by James McMurdock (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 23 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 June 2026. It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 July 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Uncrewed Systems: Testing
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Ministry of Defence's press release entitled Europe's largest drone testing centre opens in Swindon to boost defence innovation, published on 12 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the number of drone systems expected to be tested annually at the new Uncrewed Systems Centre.
- Answer
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Now the Defence Uncrewed System Centre (DUSC) has been established we expect frontline commands, industry, innovators and allies to utilise the facilities as we move towards more autonomy and uncrewed systems being deployed across our forces. We have not made an estimate of numbers, but we know the demand from across defence is real and growing.
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- Written question
- Reference
- 12332
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Testing Uncrewed systems
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