Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 60554

Army: Rifles

Tabled: 17 June 2025

Answered: 20 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope is of Project Grayburn; and what requirements were laid out to the defence industry on the core characteristics of the next-generation individual weapon to replace the SA80 family of rifles.

Answer

Maria Eagle

Project GRAYBURN is currently in the concept phase with the aim of identifying and understanding the capability requirements. As part of this phase, performance, interoperability and complexity are some of the characteristics under consideration. Due to t...

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