Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 14032

Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

Tabled: 29 June 2026

Answered: 9 July 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025 to question 83142 on Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement, what progress has he made in introducing a competition for novel uncrewed aerial systems.

Answer

Luke Pollard

UK Defence Innovation is leading the competition for Project Nyx, first launched in January 2026. Project NYX is developing an Autonomous Collaborative Platform to serve alongside the British Army and its AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The programme ha...

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