Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 117351
NATO: Autonomous Weapons
Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and European allies to develop low-cost air defence weapons to protect NATO skies, published on 20 February 2026, if he will list all possible capabili
Answer
Luke PollardThe LEAP initiative, as announced on 20 February, is likely to consist of a range of projects in the future, the first of these is a low-cost air defence effector. No other projects under the LEAP initiative have currently been agreed.