Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 82970

Ukraine: Unmanned Air Systems

Tabled: 17 October 2025

Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Groundbreaking Ukraine tech sharing agreement to deliver drones and support jobs, published on 10 September 2025, what his planned timeframe is for delive

Answer

Al Carns

The new industrial partnership between UK and Ukraine has already made significant progress. We have agreed project arrangements and we expect to start UK manufacturing of OCTOPUS drones within weeks.. Through project Octopus, our Ukrainian friends will s...

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