questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Ministry of Defence's press release entitled Europe's largest drone testing centre opens in Swindon to boost defence innovation, published on 12 June 2026, what proportion of contracts associated with the new Uncrewed Systems Centre he expects to be awarded to UK-based suppliers.
answerText: The Uncrewed Systems Centre (USC) in Swindon will play a part in the Department’s drive to implement the ambitions set out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, particularly to back UK based businesses and to put the UK at the leading edge of defence innova...
heading: Uncrewed Systems: Testing