Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 76405
Military Aircraft: Procurement
Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in developing lighter-than-air platforms designed for extended loiter times.
Answer
Luke PollardCyber and Specialist Operations Command has sponsored two extended-duration lighter-than-air trials under Project AETHER. Payload testing on the first extended-duration trial was successful and validated the plans to achieve extended loiter times. The sec...
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