Written question asked by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Monday, 7 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 September 2026 (named day). It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Thursday, 10 September 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Uncrewed Systems: Expenditure
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he plans to spend on (a) uncrewed systems and (b) counter drone systems for the Army in each of the remaining financial years of this Parliament.
- Answer
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Across the remainder of this Parliament the Ministry of Defence plans to spend £1.26 billion on Land domain uncrewed systems and £482 million on deployable counter drone systems for the Army. This latter figure does not include funding for counter drone systems being procured for UK Homeland Defence or deployable Ground Based Air Defence systems capable of targeting drones.
The breakdown of spend per Financial Year is not held centrally and therefore cannot be provided within this response.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 27494
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Army Expenditure Uncrewed systems
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2026-09-10 18:42:02 +0100
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