Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 119558

Defence: Procurement

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of a) deconflicting and b) combining Project Shrinker with Project Cairns.

Answer

Luke Pollard
Project CAIRNS is currently a pre-concept project and as such formal consideration of systems and specifications has not yet taken place. Project SHRINKER is a Defence procurement project. For reasons of operational security, I cannot provide any further ...
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