Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 106656

Rifles: Procurement

Tabled: 19 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of adopting a short stroke piston operated system rather than direct gas impingement for any of the rifle variants tendered for development under Project Gray

Answer

Luke Pollard

Project GRAYBURN is currently in its concept phase. An important output of this phase will be the definition of user requirements, covering the full range of performance characteristics, including calibre and operating system.