questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for publishing the Defence Investment Plan on his Department's expenditure plans for the Global Combat Air programme's (a) un-crewed and autonomous collaborative platform elements and (b) related system-of-systems software and digital development.
answerText: Defence continues to manage its capabilities and programmes to ensure they are not unnecessarily impacted or delayed whilst the upcoming Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is developed. The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be publi...
heading: Global Combat Air Programme