Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 14029

Unmanned Marine 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 8 September 2025, to question 71970 on Submarines, what progress has he made on development of the XLAUV fleet ahead of the awarding of funding for the trials and evaluation contract to

Answer

Luke Pollard

Experimental Vessel (XV) EXCALIBUR continues sea trials, with the vessel recently becoming the first extra large autonomous uncrewed vessel (XLAUV) to achieve Full Certification with the Naval Authority. Payload and experimentation trials are underway, in...

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