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Unmanned Air System: Coronavirus

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 105500, tabled on 19 October 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to roll-out the deployment of military fighter pilots to fly drones to deliver (a) PPE and (b) covid-19 test results to support the NHS during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered on

22 October 2020

The Ministry of Defence currently has no plans for the deployment or use of UK Armed Forces pilots for the purposes of flying drones to support the NHS.

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