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Guided Weapons: Procurement

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 3 November 2025UIN 84991

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 79715 on Guided Weapons: Procurement, what conditions must be met in order for FASGW (Light) to progress from initial to full operating capability by December 2025.

Answered by Luke Pollard

In order to move from Initial Operating Capability to Full Operating Capability the full set of User Requirements will need to have been delivered and signed off by the Defence Lines of Development owners.

The substantive elements of the programme have been delivered and so this final step is completion of the paperwork. Once this process is complete, a recommendation will be made to the Programme Sponsor that Full Operating Capability is declared.

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