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Unmanned Air Vehicles: Procurement

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 191508, tabled on 28 June 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2023 to Question 184580 on Unmanned Air Vehicles: Procurement, for what reason the initial operating capability date for the Protector drone programme has moved to 2025.

Answered on

3 July 2023

The principal reasons the date has changed are around software integration within the Prime Contractor and infrastructure challenges at RAF Waddington.

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