Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 110435

Unmanned Air Systems

Tabled: 3 February 2026

Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing Project VIXEN.

Answer

Luke Pollard

Projects VIXEN and ARK ROYAL have been incorporated into the Royal Navy’s Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy (MATX). MATX envisages a Fleet Air Arm that is ‘uncrewed where possible; crewed where necessary,’ and will help to realise the Hybrid Air W...

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