Oral Question·Department for International Trade
“What progress his Department has made on the UK's potential accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.”
Tabled: 10 September 2018Answered: 13 September 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Al Carns)
The Government are working exceptionally hard to ensure we speed up our procurement of uncrewed systems. In 2024 alone we are buying up to 5,400 drones, moving up to 8,000 in 2026. Really important is the development of our drone uncrewed centre of excellence, which will be launched later this year to provide better co-ordination and co-operation across defence, industries and academia in the delivery of uncrewed systems.