Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 3750

Lasers

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 19 September 2024

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of supply chain jobs supported by the work of Team Hersa.

Answer

Maria Eagle
Since the creation of Team Hersa and the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Directed Energy Weapons Demonstrator Programme in 2020, the MOD estimate is that 249 supply chain jobs have been supported.