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Skynet: Procurement

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 257805, tabled on 23 May 2019

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether she plans to launch a competition for SKYNET 6 Enduring Capability.

Answered on

6 June 2019

The Department's default is competition, and this is the case for the SKYNET 6 Enduring Capability project. The SKYNET 6 team continually reinforces this message directly with industry through conferences, industry briefing days and in regular 1-2-1 meetings with key industrial partners.

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