questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Europe's largest drone testing centre opens in Swindon to boost defence innovation, published on 12 June 2026, what plans he has to develop counter-drone technologies through the Uncrewed Systems Centre.
answerText: The Uncrewed Systems Centre works closely with the Department’s Joint Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Office (JCO) on the development of counter-drone technologies. 
heading: Uncrewed Systems: Testing